buss

Noun · Verb
US[buhs]/bʌs/1 syllable
Synonyms: kissosculationsnogosculate

Open English WordNet

Noun (1)busses

  1. the act of caressing with the lips (or an instance thereof)Synonyms: kissosculationType of touch, touchingKinds smack, soul kiss, peck

Verb (1)busses, bussed, bussing

  1. touch with the lips or press the lips (against someone's mouth or other body part) as an expression of love, greeting, etc.“The newly married couple kissed”“She kissed her grandfather on the forehead when she entered the room”Synonyms: snogkissosculateMore general touchMore specific smack, peck

Related words kiss verb, osculation noun, osculator noun

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Webster's Dictionary (1913)

Buss (…), noun

Origin: OE. basse, fr. L. basium; cf. G. bus (Luther), Prov. G. busserl, dim. of bus kiss, bussen to kiss, Sw. puss kiss, pussa to kiss, W. & Gael. bus lip, mouth.

A kiss; a rude or playful kiss; a smack. William Shakespeare

Buss (bŭs), transitive verb [past tense & past participle Bussed (bŭst); present participle & verbal noun Bussing.]

To kiss; esp. to kiss with a smack, or rudely. “Nor bussed the milking maid.” Alfred Tennyson

Kissing and bussing differ both in this, We buss our wantons, but our wives we kiss.— Robert Herrick
Buss noun

Origin: Cf. OF. busse, Pr. bus, LL. bussa, busa, G. büse, D. buis.

Nautical A small strong vessel with two masts and two cabins; — used in the herring fishery.

The Dutch whalers and herring busses.— Thomas Babington Macaulay

Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54

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