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Definition of Kissing
1. Noun. Affectionate play (or foreplay without contact with the genital organs).
Generic synonyms: Arousal, Foreplay, Stimulation
Specialized synonyms: Snogging
Derivative terms: Cuddle, Cuddle, Fondle, Hug, Kiss, Neck, Pet, Smooch, Snuggle
Definition of Kissing
1. Verb. (present participle of kiss) ¹
2. Adjective. Just touching. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Kissing
1. kiss [v] - See also: kiss
Lexicographical Neighbors of Kissing
Literary usage of Kissing
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Curiosities of Literature by Isaac Disraeli (1893)
"I give a summary, for the benefit of those who have had the honour of kissing
his majesty's hand. It is hot those who kiss the royal hand who could write ..."
2. Notes and Queries by Martim de Albuquerque (1873)
"And now we are all ready for “ kissing.” In the following passages it is the ...
But to say of a pair of beautiful lips, that they are good kissing lips, ..."
3. A Glossary: Or, Collection of Words, Phrases, Names, and Allusions to by Robert Nares, James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps, Thomas Wright (1901)
"kissing-COMFITS. Sugar-plumbs perfumed, to make the breath sweet. ... or kissing-
Take half a pound of refined silbar, being beaten ana Sean-lied, ..."
4. Curiosities of Popular Customs and of Rites, Ceremonies, Observances, and by William Shepard Walsh (1897)
"moment everybody else was kissing everybody throughout the church." kissing the
Pope's Toe. Among the Oriental nations it was customary to kiss the hands or ..."
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