About The Word Buss
Learn about the word Buss to help solve your crossword puzzle. Discover Buss definitions and meaning, origins, synonyms, related terms and more at the free Crossword Dictionary.
Buss
| Buss Definition And Meaning |
|---|
What's The Definition Of Buss?
[n] the act of caressing with the lips (or an instance thereof)
[v] 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 | Synonyms for Buss: kiss | kiss | osculate | osculation Related Terms | Find terms related to Buss: See Also | deep kiss | French kiss | peck | smack | smack | smooch | soul kiss | touch | touch | touching Buss In Webster's Dictionary \Buss\, n. [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. --Shak.
\Buss\ (b[u^]s), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Bussed} (b[u^]st); p. pr. & vb. n. {Bussing}.] To kiss; esp. to kiss with a smack, or rudely. ``Nor bussed the milking maid.'' --Tennyson. Kissing and bussing differ both in this, We buss our wantons, but our wives we kiss. --Herrick. \Buss\, n. [Cf. OF. busse, Pr. bus, LL. bussa, busa, G. b["u]se, D. buis.] (Naut.) A small strong vessel with two masts and two cabins; -- used in the herring fishery. The Dutch whalers and herring busses. --Macaulay. |
More Crossword Puzzle Words
A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z
Cross Word Of The Day
- Creatine phosphate ‐ an organic compound of creatine and phosphoric acid; found in…
- Lycopus europaeus ‐ hairy Eurasian herb with two-lipped…
- Front end ‐ the side that is forward or…
- Arteria appendicularis ‐ the branch of the ileocolic artery that supplies the vermiform…
- Nonstop ‐ a flight made without intermediate stops between source and destination;…
- Family sclerotiniaceae ‐ a fungus family of order…
- Finale ‐ the concluding part of any performance [n] the closing section…
- Creditor ‐ a person to whom money is owed by a debtor; someone to whom an…
- Sudden infant death syndrome ‐ sudden and unexpected death of an apparently healthy infant during…
- Bulblet bladder fern ‐ North American fern often bearing bulbils on…