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kisser

noun
/ˈkɪsɚ/US/ˈkɪsə(ɹ)/UK

Etymology

Agent noun of kiss: from kiss + -er.

  1. inherited from *kussijaną✻ — “to kiss”
  2. inherited from *kussijan✻
  3. inherited from cyssan — “to kiss”
  4. inherited from kissen
  5. formed as kisser — “kiss + -er”

Definitions

  1. One who kisses.

    • She's a great kisser!
    • I went to bed that night totally and completely in love with my Mary. What a kisser. She dropped me the next day.

  2. The mouth.

    • Get yore handkerchief ready, an' run out an' cram it into his kisser an' choke th' —— if he starts in to holler.

  3. The face.

    • Not a pretty kisser, but so mobile those drawn-on brows, bulging peepers green as dill, cock-eyed grin, the It Girls lost it beside her.
  4. ›+ 2 more definitions

    1. The kissing gourami.

    2. A button on a bowstring that indicates consistent height when drawing a bow, for example…

      A button on a bowstring that indicates consistent height when drawing a bow, for example by being placed against the archer's mouth .

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA