I. verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
air kiss
chaste kiss
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a chaste kiss on the cheek
French kiss
give sb a big hug/kiss
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Mama gave me a big hug.
kiss and make up
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Oh come on! Why don’t you just kiss and make up ?
kiss sb on the mouth
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She walked boldly up to him and kissed him on the mouth.
kissed...on the lips
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Marty kissed me right on the lips !
kissing cousin
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
cheek
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He had moved to kiss my mouth, but I had turned my head and he had kissed my cheek .
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He had stooped to kiss her cold cheek and smelt in the hollow of her neck the waxen odour of death.
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Parr, in grey slacks and sports jacket, kissed her on the cheek and came into the kitchen.
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He kissed her on the cheek and went to his bedroom.
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She barged past police, threw her arms around Diana's neck and kissed her on the cheek .
goodbye
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When Harry had kissed Cora-Beth goodbye in Kentucky a week ago, he had been convinced that he loved her.
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He saw to it that she did not kiss him goodbye .
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He had kissed her goodbye and seen her on to her flight.
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There is one myth you can kiss goodbye .
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Then we can kiss it goodbye .
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If it does I can kiss goodbye to New Jersey and California, and half a dozen others, too.
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Allow the controversial regulations to become law, they said, and you can kiss these things goodbye .
goodnight
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Those nights the chorus girls all kissed him goodnight on the cheek.
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We kissed goodnight and fell asleep.
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He kissed her goodnight and headed back to base feeling lonely and sad.
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She kisses us goodnight and says she's had fun.
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But the shy and introspective Allen habitually returned to his bachelor pad - after dropping in to kiss the children goodnight .
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She kissed him goodnight on two other occasions, briefly but hard on the lips.
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She heard Anna's prayers, tucked her into bed and kissed her goodnight before going to Mrs Carson.
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Without you there'd be no one not to kiss goodnight when we quarrel.
hand
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She cradled his head in her hands and kissed him on the forehead.
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They shake hands , kiss greetings, exchange news and rumors, and take snapshots of each other.
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He was cradling his partridge in his hands and kissing the bird.
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He reached for her hand , to kiss it, as she opened her door.
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I took her little hand and kissed her soft cheek.
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Jack, releasing her, had then, almost formally, taken her hand and kissed it.
lip
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He looked at her wide mouth, the full lips that kissed him so often and so lusciously.
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Then he asked me to kiss him on the lips and we kissed.
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Roman growled softly in satisfaction, his lips demanding she should kiss him in return.
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Her nails had dug into his flesh while he had tasted the blood of her cut lip as they kissed .
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Had that mouth ever kissed him, not only kissed his lips but kissed him all over?
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I touched a hair away from his lower lip , kissed the place where it had been, then I left him.
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He lifted the curtain to his lips , kissed it tenderly, and then turned to his audience.
mouth
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Joe pushed his tongue into Michael's mouth , kissing him with an energy that startled him.
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I kissed her on the mouth and she kissed me back.
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As he was leaving for the flour-mill, she put up her mouth to be kissed .
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Had that mouth ever kissed him, not only kissed his lips but kissed him all over?
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Tragically, the mouth she is kissing isn't mine.
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Eyelashes tickling the floor, mouth kissing its varnished whorls.
■ VERB
leaned
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Doc Threadneedle leaned over and kissed her.
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I leaned over and kissed the perfect skin covering such bone, such muscle, and pulled the cover back up.
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He fixed the fragile blossoms in a buttonhole of his braided uniform, then leaned down and kissed the woman.
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Maybe she leaned over and kissed him.
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As soon as he went through the door, Antony leaned over and kissed Jenny lightly on the lips.
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Then he leaned over and kissed me behind the ear for goodbye.
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Hoping desperately that she had not changed her mind, he leaned over and kissed her on the mouth.
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Then she leaned forward and kissed me on the mouth.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a parting kiss/gift/glance etc
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And every couple receives a case of Lygon Arms' dry white wine or claret as a parting gift.
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Right: Jeff Lowe receives a parting gift from Chris Bonington.
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They would send him home that very day and every man present would give him a parting gift to enrich him.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Do you remember the first time you kissed a boy?
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Each person knelt before the Pope and kissed his ring.
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He wanted to kiss Liz, but he didn't dare.
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His mother hugged him and kissed him on both cheeks.
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Mrs Thomson kissed Maria goodbye, and handed her suitcase.
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Terry and I gazed at the stars together and kissed.
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They kissed briefly, then he left the house.
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They were on the sofa, curled up together, kissing.
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Timothy bent to kiss his aunt's cheek.
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When I was a child, I used to hate being kissed by visiting relatives.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Even two years after kissing her daughter goodbye at the hospital, her voice quavers slightly when she talks about it.
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Had kissed them all, in fact.
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He did kiss me back then, as if he wanted to press his wretched thin inhibited mouth right through my head.
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She kissed him lightly on the lips and rose from the bed to get dressed.
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She stepped toward me, so close that for a startling instant I thought she was going to kiss me.
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They kissed for a while, softly.
II. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
big
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A big kiss Dedo Laure, his favourite aunt, was suffering from a severe mental breakdown.
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Finally she burst in on him with a big kiss .
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Then, as always, a big kiss in welcome.
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Or surprise them by laughing when they expect yelling, or giving them a big kiss in front of their friends.
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Give him a mug of cocoa and a big kiss and send him on a month's leave.
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Tipper Gore gave the animal a big kiss between the eyes.
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And how about that big wet kiss for the New Deal?
light
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We, as members of a culture, interpret a light kiss on the cheek as a greeting.
long
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Then he kissed her - a long slow kiss that set her tingling right down to her toes.
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It was a long , slow kiss that penetrated some ancient armor.
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Mum goes as pink as her cup and they give each other a long kiss .
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He kissed her lips, a long lingering kiss, and felt them grow soft beneath his.
quick
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He thought it best to give her a quick kiss and talk as if nothing had happened.
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Madeleine gave her a quick kiss , then tossed her the postbox keys.
■ NOUN
goodbye
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She liked that, the way he always kissed her on her mouth, even the briefest hello and goodbye kisses.
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After one such visit she insisted on a chaste goodbye kiss .
goodnight
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Her partner stooped to claim his goodnight kiss .
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She went on her way to bed without pausing for the goodnight kiss that he had forgotten.
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But from that day on I never let him touch me, not even for a goodnight kiss .
■ VERB
blow
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She blew a kiss to Tunney, and scampered up a wall like a spider.
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She blew him little kisses , and he felt love and pangs of something that frightened him.
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And she blew down a kiss .
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I wanted to blow her a kiss but there was nothing in me to send her way.
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Dinah was at the near window, saw him, and blew a kiss .
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Leyland blew kisses to his family behind the dugout.
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He gave them a huge grin and blew them a kiss .
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For him to blow a kiss to the gallery was one thing.
exchange
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When they had met and exchanged a few kisses , that would be time enough.
give
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He chooses the number and the girl chosen goes outside the room to give him a kiss .
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Then we leaned forward and gave a kiss .
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When they found her she was given the kiss of life.
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She gave him a kiss on the neck, and picked up her purse off the bar.
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I tried to give her the kiss of life.
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He gave him a kiss on the lips.
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She throws up. 22 November Paul gives Kate a kiss .
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I leaned forward and gave him a sloppy kiss on his belly: blub-blub-blub.
plant
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She giggled, and shrugged Hugh off, as he tried to plant a kiss , and nip her arms.
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El Comandante bowed low and planted a kiss on her hand.
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Signe wrapped her yellow oilskin arms around my neck and planted a kiss on me.
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Claire offered her cheek and then planted a hard kiss on his.
receive
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Sheila's head tilted back against the rough bark to receive his first kiss .
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Worse, in the next election, his opponent may receive the blessed kiss of these dollars.
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As they left they received a kiss on their hands.
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She had offered her immaculately powdered cheek to each man and had received a kiss from everyone.
return
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Jack returned her kisses while trying to catch his breath, tasting the salty tears around her lips.
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The desire burning inside her was too strong, and she returned his kiss , hearing him moan at her response.
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She returned his kiss , her lips soft, sweet, utterly giving.
steal
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I let Tom Young, that handsome louse, Steal one small kiss behind my house.
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She was a beauty and he'd often wanted to steal a kiss , but had had enough sense not to try.
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As a matter o' fact we sat on this very seat, an' if I remember rightly, I stole a kiss .
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He embraced her in bars without any embarrassment and stole kisses in shop doorways, no matter who was passing by.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a parting kiss/gift/glance etc
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And every couple receives a case of Lygon Arms' dry white wine or claret as a parting gift.
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Right: Jeff Lowe receives a parting gift from Chris Bonington.
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They would send him home that very day and every man present would give him a parting gift to enrich him.
blow sb a kiss
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Blow Grandma a kiss, Katie.
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And she blew down a kiss.
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Dinah was at the near window, saw him, and blew a kiss.
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For him to blow a kiss to the gallery was one thing.
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He gave them a huge grin and blew them a kiss.
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I wanted to blow her a kiss but there was nothing in me to send her way.
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Joe blew her a kiss and set off again.
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She blew a kiss to Tunney, and scampered up a wall like a spider.
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She blew him little kisses, and he felt love and pangs of something that frightened him.
smother sb with kisses
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She laughed and screamed until I had to smother her mouth with kisses.
steal a kiss
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As a matter o' fact we sat on this very seat, an' if I remember rightly, I stole a kiss.
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He embraced her in bars without any embarrassment and stole kisses in shop doorways, no matter who was passing by.
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She was a beauty and he'd often wanted to steal a kiss, but had had enough sense not to try.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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"Have you got a kiss for your old Dad?'' he asked.
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In my mother's day, kissing in public was severely frowned upon.
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In the morning he woke her with gentle kisses.
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She gave him a quick kiss and said goodbye.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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I leaned forward and gave him a sloppy kiss on his belly: blub-blub-blub.
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It was in her desperate kisses, the way she clutched at him, her hands roving possessively, staking out claims.
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Not so natural to put her down with a thud and devour her with a kiss .
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She took the kiss as a mark of approval and wore it with pride.
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That was my first kiss from a woman.
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What do kids know of timelessness or flower kisses, fallen heroes and exquisite defeat?
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When she kissed, she kissed soul kisses.