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Buss
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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. |
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