kiss

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

1. v. To touch or caress with the lips as an expression of affection, greeting, respect, or amorousness.
2. v. To touch lightly or gently: flowers that were kissed by dew.
3. v. To strike lightly; brush against: barely kissed the other car with the bumper.
4. v. To engage in mutual touching or caressing with the lips.
5. v. To come into light contact.
6. n. A caress or touch with the lips.
7. n. A slight or gentle touch.
8. n. A small piece of candy, especially of chocolate.
9. n. A drop cookie made of egg whites and sugar.
10. kiss off Slang To dismiss or reject.
11. kiss off Slang To be forced to give up or regard as lost: He can kiss off that promotion.
12. kiss off Slang To leave or disappear from notice: got bad press by telling the reporters to kiss off.
13. kiss up Slang To behave obsequiously; fawn.
14. idiom. kiss ass Vulgar Slang To act submissively or obsequiously in order to gain favor.
15. idiom. kiss goodbye Informal To be forced to regard as lost, ruined, or hopeless: She can kiss her vacation plans goodbye.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

1. n. A salute or caress given by smacking with the lips. See kiss, v. t., 1.
2. n. A confection, usually made of whites of eggs and powdered sugar, mixed, and baked in an oven, A sugar-plum or candied confection made of pulled sugar and variously colored and flavored.
3. n. plural Same as kiss-me.
4. To smack with the pursed lips (a compression of the closed cavity of the mouth by the cheeks giving a slight sound when the rounded contact of the lips with one another is broken); press one's lips to, or touch with the lips, as a mark of affection or reverence, or as a conventional salutation; salute or caress with the lips: as, to kiss the Bible in taking an oath; to kiss a lady's hand; to kiss one on the cheek; they kissed each other.
5. To touch gently, as if with fondness; impinge upon softly.
6. Hence To touch slightly, as one ball another, in billiards and other games.
7. To salute with the lips mutually, especially as a token of affection, friendship, or respect: as, to kiss and part.
8. To meet with a gentle touch or impact; meet; just come iu contact.
9. n. A very slight, glancing touch.
10. n. A small drop of sealing-wax accidentally let fall upon a letter near the seal.

Wiktionary

1. v. transitive To touch with the lips or press the lips against, usually to express love or affection or passion, or as part of a greeting, or as part of sexual activity.
2. v. transitive To touch lightly or slightly.
3. v. intransitive Of two or more people, to touch each other's lips together, usually to express love or affection or passion.
4. v. transitive To mark a cross (X) after one's name on a card, etc.
5. n. A touch with the lips, usually to express love or affection, or as a greeting.
6. n. A type of filled chocolate candy, shaped as if someone had kissed the top. See Hershey's Kisses.

GNU Webster's 1913

1. v. To salute with the lips, as a mark of affection, reverence, submission, forgiveness, etc.
2. v. To touch gently, as if fondly or caressingly.
3. v. To make or give salutation with the lips in token of love, respect, etc..
4. v. To meet; to come in contact; to touch fondly.
5. n. A salutation with the lips, as a token of affection, respect, etc.
6. n. A small piece of confectionery.

WordNet 3.0

1. n. any of several bite-sized candies
2. n. a cookie made of egg whites and sugar
3. v. touch with the lips or press the lips (against someone's mouth or other body part) as an expression of love, greeting, etc.
4. n. a light glancing touch
5. v. touch lightly or gently
6. n. the act of caressing with the lips (or an instance thereof)