kissing ppl adjective.
['kɪsɪŋ] L16.[from KISS verb + -ING2.]That kisses (a person or thing).
kissing bug US a bloodsucking reduviid bug, spec.
Melanolestes picipes, which can inflict a painful bite on humans.
kissing cousin a relative or friend with whom one is on close enough terms to greet with a kiss.
kissing gourami [from the fish's habit of touching objects with its lips pursed as if for a kiss] a small SE Asian gourami,
Helostoma temminckii, often kept in aquaria.
kissing kin,
kissing kind =
kissing cousin above.
■ kissingly adverb M19. [TahlilGaran] English Dictionary ▲
kissing verbal noun.
['kɪsɪŋ] ME.[from KISS verb + -ING1.]The action of
KISS verb.
when the kissing has to stop when the honeymoon period finishes; when one is forced to recognize harsh realities.
Comb.:
kissing-ball,
kissing-bough,
kissing-bunch,
kissing-bush a Christmas wreath or ball of evergreens hung from the ceiling, under which a person may be kissed;
kissing-comfit a perfumed comfit for sweetening the breath;
kissing-gate a small gate swinging in a U- or V-shaped enclosure, so as to allow only one person to pass at a time;
kissing-strings Hist. a woman's bonnet- or cap-strings tied under the chin with the ends hanging loose;
kissing time the time to kiss (freq. a joc. reply to children who ask the time).
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