KISS


Meaning of KISS in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ kɪs ]

( kisses, kissing, kissed)

Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.

1.

If you kiss someone, you touch them with your lips to show affection or sexual desire, or to greet them or say goodbye.

She leaned up and kissed him on the cheek...

Her parents kissed her goodbye as she set off from their home...

They kissed for almost half a minute...

We kissed goodbye.

V-RECIP : NON-RECIP : V n , V n n , RECIP : pl-n V , pl-n V n

Kiss is also a noun.

I put my arms around her and gave her a kiss...

N-COUNT

2.

If you say that something kisses another thing, you mean that it touches that thing very gently.

The wheels of the aircraft kissed the runway.

VERB : V n

3.

If you blow someone a kiss or blow a kiss , you touch the palm of your hand lightly with your lips, and then blow across your hand towards the person, in order to show them your affection.

Maria blew him a kiss...

PHRASE : V inflects

4.

If you say that you kiss something goodbye or kiss goodbye to something, you accept the fact that you are going to lose it, although you do not want to. ( INFORMAL )

I felt sure I’d have to kiss my dancing career goodbye.

PHRASE : V inflects

Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary.      Английский словарь Коллинз COBUILD для изучающих язык на продвинутом уровне.