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Definition: Kissing |
KissingNoun1. Affectionate play (or foreplay without contact with the genital organs). Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "kissing" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1258. (references) |
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Early system on IBM 650. Listed in CACM 2(5):16 (May 1959). This article (or an earlier version of it) contains material from FOLDOC, used with permission.See also: KISS Principle For the band, see KISS (band).
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A kiss is the touching of the lips to some other thing, usually another person. In modern Western culture it is most commonly an expression of romantic affection or sexual desire, and typically involves two people kissing one another on the lips, and may also involve one person kissing another on various parts of his or her body.
Kissing is also a means of expressing greetings between people of close acquaintance, often family members. This typically involves kissing on the cheek.
Kissing may also be used to signify reverence and subordination, as in kissing the ring of a king or pope.
When not an expression of romantic affection, a kiss is a largely symbolic gesture, in that the purpose of the kiss is to convey a meaning, such as salutations or subordination, rather than to experience the physical sensations associated with kissing. In romantic and sexual kissing, the physical sensations are often primary. Thus romantic kissing tends to be more intense and prolonged (see tongue kiss).
The term Kissing Hands is used to formally describe the appointment of the senior state figures to office by British monarchs. Though in the past, the monarch's hand was actually kissed, this is no longer so. When figures such as the British Prime Minister, cabinet members and diplomatics are formally appointed, they are said to have Kissed Hands.
See also tongue kiss, maraichinage, the KISS Principle, the rock band Kiss, and Kiss FM
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Synonyms: KissingSynonyms: caressing (n), cuddling (n), fondling (n), hugging (n), necking (n), petting (n), smooching (n), snuggling (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Height | Upland, moorland; hilly, knobby; mountainous, alpine, subalpine, heaven kissing; cloudtopt, cloudcapt, cloudtouching; aerial. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Kissing |
| English words defined with "kissing": appointment ♦ date ♦ engagement ♦ glandular fever ♦ hickey ♦ infectious mononucleosis ♦ kissing disease ♦ Lip work, love bite ♦ mono, mononucleosis ♦ Osculant, Osculatory ♦ smooch, snog, spoon ♦ turn. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "kissing": Death from Strange Causes ♦ Forehead ♦ Kiss, KISSING CRUST, Kissing under the Mistletoe ♦ Scammin. (references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | She wasn't kissing your face (The Matrix Reloaded; writing credit: Andy Wachowski; Larry Wachowski) They'd pull the people in, crying and kissing their families 'bye (The Sixth Sense; writing credit: M. Night Shyamalan) Is this a kissing book (The Princess Bride; writing credit: William Goldman) There was a lot of kissing and hugging and a lot of rubbing, and I kind of finished before I was supposed to. You have to be a guy to understand that (The Other Sister; writing credit: Alexandra Rose; Blair Richwood) Everyone is always kissing your ass (The Simpsons; writing credit: Artur Brauner; Paul Hengge) | |
Lyrics | Aw baby when you kissing me, aw baby when you loving me (Rock Wit U(Awww Baby); performing artist: ASHANTI) If you're just kissing to be clever (Miss Me Blind; performing artist: Culture Club) I was kissing you, (Stay (Wasting Time); performing artist: Dave Matthews Band) Kissing like a bandit (Wishing Well (A Tone Poem); performing artist: Terence Trent D'arby) Your face kissing floor (Manic Demise; performing artist: The Creation) | |
Clever | Hershey's Kisses are called that because the machine that makes them looks like it's kissing the conveyor belt. (references; author: unknown) | |
Tongue Twisters | I saw Esau kissing Kate. I saw Esau, he saw me, and she saw I saw Esau. (references; author: unknown) | |
Movie/TV Titles | I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus (2001) The Kissing Bandit (1948) I Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now (1947) Kissing Time (1933) The Kissing Cup Race (1931) | |
Song Titles | I Like The Way (The Kissing Game) (performing artist: Hi-Five) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | ||
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 | Shown is a head and shoulder close-up of a black mother holding her daughter. In one photograph, they are sitting cheek to cheek and in another they are kissing. Credit: Bill Branson (photographer). |  | The joy of kissing the baby Equator crossing on NOAA Ship MOUNT MITCHELL. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection. |
 | Pollywog following the time-honored tradition of "kissing the baby" during Equator crossing ceremony. After passing all the necessary tests, the pollywog will become a bona fide Shellback and able to initiate pollywogs during future Equator crossing ceremonies. On board the NOAA Ship DAVID STARR JORDAN. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now. |  | Young man, I distinctly heard you kissing my daughter. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | I saw you kissing my daughter, I don't like it, sir : Then you don't know what's good, sir. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Woman on bed kissing letter. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | The great American osculator -- Uncle Billy kissing his way to the Presidency. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Comical scene showing maid sitting on man's lap kissing him as his wife watches. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Porto Farina, Tunisia. Girl kissing a United States Army war correspondent. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Westport, Connecticut. Commuter kissing his wife before catching train for New York. Credit: Library of Congress. |
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
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| "Kissing Air" by Stephanie Syjuco Commentary: "Girl kissing air, San Francisco." | "Sonic the Balloon" by Victoria Clare Commentary: "Sonic the hedgehog balloon kissing a building society." |
Source: photographs selected by the editor, with permission from the photographers. | |
| Author | Quotation |
George Meredith | Kissing don't last: cookery do! |
Jonathan Swift | I wonder what fool it was that first invented kissing. |
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| Title | Author | Quote |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | For days and days after this piece of good fortune, he always appeared at the Luxembourg kissing this handkerchief and placing it on his heart |
King Richard III | Shakespeare, William | Kissing her. |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | Kissing an infected person. (references) | |
The bacteria are spread through the exchange of respiratory and throat secretions (i.e., coughing, kissing). (references) | ||
Researchers have found H. pylori in some infected people's saliva, so the bacteria may also spread through mouth-to-mouth contact such as kissing. (references) | ||
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Kissing" is generally used as a lexical verb (-ing form) -- approximately 92.28% of the time. "Kissing" is used about 608 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Lexical Verb (-ing form) | 92.28% | 561 | 11,166 |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 2.79% | 17 | 85,106 |
| Noun (proper) | 2.63% | 16 | 87,710 |
| Noun (singular) | 2.3% | 14 | 93,893 |
| Total | 100.00% | 608 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "kissing": hand kissing ♦ hugging and kissing ♦ kissing bug ♦ kissing bugs ♦ Kissing comfit ♦ kissing cousin ♦ kissing disease ♦ kissing kin ♦ kissing spine ♦ kissing spines ♦ Kissing strings ♦ kissing ulcer. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "kissing": kissing-gate. | |
Ending with "kissing": arse-kissing, cloud-kissing, tarmac-kissing. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
girl kissing | 6,016 | kissing game | 114 |
kissing | 4,234 | jessica kissing stein | 108 |
lesbian kissing | 1,623 | morganna the kissing bandit | 102 |
girl kissing girl | 1,479 | french kissing tip | 99 |
kissing tip | 587 | girl kissing picture | 97 |
french kissing | 492 | french kissing girl | 96 |
kissing woman | 429 | kissing cousin | 92 |
kissing teen | 258 | kissing sister | 91 |
teen girl kissing | 224 | kissing bug | 87 |
gay kissing | 211 | tongue kissing | 86 |
woman kissing woman | 207 | inuyasha kagome kissing | 85 |
kissing picture | 204 | chick kissing | 81 |
kissing man | 189 | lesbian french kissing | 77 |
kissing technique | 173 | kissing pic | 73 |
guy kissing | 142 | french kissing technique | 69 |
man kissing man | 138 | boy boy kissing | 68 |
gay man kissing | 133 | kissing disease | 68 |
babe kissing | 130 | kissing book | 67 |
couple kissing | 124 | kissing advice | 66 |
kissing boy | 122 | girl kissing pic | 66 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Translations for "kissing"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Arabic | تقبيل (kiss, necking, osculation), بوسة (kiss). (various references) | |
Chinese | 亲吻 (KISS, Kissed). (various references) | |
Danish | kyssegurami (kissing gourami), kontaktulcus (kissing ulcer), kissing ulcer (kissing ulcer), symmetriske stemmebåndsknuder (kissing nodules of the vocal cords). (various references) | |
Dutch | kissing goerami (kissing gourami), zoengoerami (kissing gourami), elkaar rakende noduli aan de plicae vocales (kissing nodules of the vocal cords). (various references) | |
Finnish | suutelu. (various references) | |
French | embrassade (hug and kiss, huggings and kissings), baisant. (various references) | |
German | küssend (bussing). (various references) | |
Greek | ασπασμόσ (osculation). (various references) | |
Hebrew | נשוק. (various references) | |
Hungarian | csókolózás (oscular demonstrations, osculation). (various references) | |
Indonesian | kecupan, penciuman (sense of smell, sniffing), ciuman (kiss, osculation, sniff, whiff). (various references) | |
Italian | ulcera da contatto (kissing ulcer), noduli dei cantanti (kissing nodules of the vocal cords), Bacio sulla guancia (Friendly kissing on the cheek), baciatore (kissing gourami), Baci profondi (Deep kissing, erotic kissing). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 接吻 (kiss). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | せっぷん (kiss). (various references) | |
Korean | 키스 (KISS). (various references) | |
Manx | paagey (kiss, osculate, osculation, truss). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | issingkay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | nódulos simétricos das cordas vocais (kissing nodules of the vocal cords), gurami beijador (kissing gourami), úlcera de contacto (kissing ulcer). (various references) | |
Romanian | sãrutat (osculation). (various references) | |
Russian | целовать (kiss, kissed). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | ljubakanje (necking). (various references) | |
Spanish | gurami besador (kissing gourami). (various references) | |
Swedish | kysser, kyssande. (various references) | |
Turkish | yakın olmayan, uzaktan (afar, distant, from a distance), öpme (caress, kiss, osculation). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | sự hôn, sự ôm hôn (accolade). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | Helostoma temminckii. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Language | Date | Source | Acts Chapter 20, Verse 37 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | IkanoV de egeneto klauqmoV pantwn kai epipesonteV epi ton trachlon tou paulou katefiloun auton |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Magnus autem fletus factus est omnium et procumbentes super collum Pauli osculabantur eum |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | And greet weping of alle men was maad; and thei felden on the necke of Poul, and kissiden hym, |
| Renaissance English | 1526 | Tyndale | And they wept all aboundantly and fell on Pauls necke and kissed him |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | And they all wept sore, and fell on Paul's neck, and kissed him, |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | And they all wept bitterly, and fell on Paul's neck, and kissed him, |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | And they were all weeping, falling on Paul's neck and kissing him, |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Acts Chapter 20, Verse 37 |
| Albanian | Atëherë të gjithë qanë me të madhe, e rroknin në qafë Palin dhe e puthnin, |
| Cebuano | Ug silang tanan nanghilak ug si Pablo ilang gigakos sa liog ug gihalokan siya nila, |
| Chinese | 眾 人 痛 哭 、 抱 著 保 羅 的 頸 項 、 和 他 親 嘴 。 |
| Croatian | Tad svi briznuše u velik plaè, obisnuše Pavlu oko vrata i stadoše ga cjelivati, |
| Danish | Og de brast alle i heftig Gråd, og de faldt Paulus om Halsen og kyssede ham. |
| Dutch | En er werd een groot geween van hen allen; en zij, vallende om den hals van Paulus, kusten hem; |
| Finnish | Ja he ratkesivat kaikki haikeasti itkemään ja lankesivat Paavalin kaulaan ja suutelivat häntä, |
| French | Et tous fondirent en larmes, et, se jetant au cou de Paul, |
| German | Es war aber viel Weinen unter ihnen allen, und sie fielen Paulus um den Hals und küßten ihn, |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Mereka semuanya menangis sambil merangkul Paulus dan mengucapkan selamat jalan. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Maka mereka itu pun menangislah tersedih-sedih, lalu memeluk leher Paulus sambil mencium dia, |
| Italian | Tutti scoppiarono in un gran pianto e gettandosi al collo di Paolo lo baciavano, |
| Maori | He nui hoki te tangi o te katoa; hinga iho ratou ki runga ki te kaki o Paora, ka kihi i a ia; |
| Norwegian | De brast da alle i sterk gråt, og de falt Paulus om halsen og kysset ham; |
| Portuguese | E levantou-se um grande pranto entre todos, e lançando-se ao pescoço de Paulo, beijavam-no. |
| Rumanian | Wi au izbucnit cu toyii kn lacrqmi, au cqzut pe grumazul lui Pavel, wi l-au sqrutat. |
| Russian | фПЗДБ ОЕНБМЩК РМБЮ ВЩМ Х ЧУЕИ, Й, РБДБС ОБ ЧЩА рБЧМБ, ГЕМПЧБМЙ ЕЗП, |
| Shuar | |
| Spanish | Entonces hubo gran llanto de todos. Se echaron sobre el cuello de Pablo y le besaban, |
| Swahili | Wote walikuwa wanalia; wakamwaga kwa kumkumbatia na kumbusu. |
| Swedish | Och de begynte alla att gråta bitterligen och föllo Paulus om halsen och kysste honom innerligt; |
| Uma | Kageo' -ra omea-mi pai' -ra mpokupui Paulus pai' ra'uli' -ki: "Pelompehi momako'." |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words ending with "kissing": bekissing, outkissing. (additional references) | |
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"Kissing" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: dissing, Issing, Kamsing, Kasenga, Kassiano, kassin, kassing, Kessi, kipsigy, Kisan, Kisanga, kisongo, Kissi, kissians, kissin, kissings, Kissling, Kizhin, Kuisany, kussing, Tiessing. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "kissing" (pronounced ki"sing) |
| 4 | -i" s i ng | dismissing, hissing, missing, reminiscing, wissing. |
| 3 | -s i ng | annexing, announcing, accessing, acquiescing, addressing, advancing, affixing, amassing, assessing, balancing, basing, blessing, bouncing, boxing, bracing, busing, bussing, buttressing, bypassing, canvassing, caressing, casing, ceasing, chasing, classing, coalescing, coaxing, coercing, collapsing, commencing, compressing, condensing, conferencing, confessing, conversing, convincing, coursing, crisscrossing, crossing, cursing, cussing, dancing, debasing, decreasing, defacing, denouncing, depressing, diagnosing, digressing, disbursing, discussing, dispensing, dispersing, displacing, distancing, distressing, divorcing, dosing, dousing, dowsing, dressing, eclipsing, effacing, embarrassing, embracing, encompassing, endorsing, enforcing, engrossing, enhancing, enticing, erasing, expensing, experiencing, expressing, facing, faxing, fencing, financing, fixing, flexing, focusing, forcing, freelancing, fundraising, fussing, gassing, glancing, greasing, grimacing, grossing, grousing, guessing, hairdressing, harassing, harnessing, horsing, icing, impressing, increasing, indexing, inducing, influencing, intermixing, introducing, invoicing, Lancing, lapsing, leasing, lensing, licensing, loosing, massing, menacing, mensing, messing, mincing, mixing, noticing, nursing, obsessing, oppressing, outdistancing, outpacing, outsourcing, overproducing, pacing, parsing, passing, perplexing, piecing, piercing, placing, policing, possessing, pouncing, practicing, prancing, prejudicing, pressing, pricing, processing, producing, professing, progressing, promising, pronouncing, pulsing, racing, reassessing, rebalancing, recessing, redressing, reducing, referencing, refinancing, refocusing, rehearsing, reimbursing, reinforcing, reintroducing, rejoicing, relapsing, relaxing, releasing, renouncing, replacing, repressing, repricing, reprocessing, reproducing, repulsing, repurchasing, resurfacing, retracing, reversing, rinsing, romancing, sacrificing, seducing, sensing, sentencing, sequencing, servicing, showcasing, silencing, slicing, sluicing, sourcing, spacing, spicing, splicing, sprucing, stressing, subleasing, suppressing, surfacing, surpassing, taxing, teleconferencing, tossing, tracing, traipsing, traversing, trespassing, trouncing, unceasing, unconvincing, underpricing, unpromising, vexing, videoconferencing, voicing, waltzing, waxing, wincing, witnessing, xeroxing. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: skiings. | |
| Words within the letters "g-i-i-k-n-s-s" | |
-1 letter: siskin, skiing. | |
-2 letters: ginks, kings, signs, sings, sinks, skins. | |
-3 letters: gink, gins, inks, king, kins, kiss, nisi, sign, sing, sink, sins, skin, skis. | |
-4 letters: gin, ink, ins, kin, sin, sis, ski. | |
-5 letters: in, is, si. | |
| Words containing the letters "g-i-i-k-n-s-s" | |
+1 letter: griskins, pigskins. | |
+2 letters: bekissing, kingships, kingsides, skillings, skimmings, skiorings, skirtings. | |
+3 letters: fossicking, kingfishes, kingliness, outkissing, skijorings, skydivings. | |
+4 letters: asterisking, bakshishing, kingfishers, misspeaking, misstriking, nightsticks, shunpikings, singlestick, skibobbings, skirmishing, skywritings, sprinklings, turfskiings. | |
+5 letters: folksingings, galligaskins, kinglinesses, knightliness, noisemakings, painstakings, singlesticks, thinkingness, waterskiings. | |
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