kisser
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Etymology
Agent noun of kiss: from kiss + -er.
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈkɪsɚ/
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈkɪsə(ɹ)/
Audio (General Australian): (file) - Rhymes: -ɪsə(ɹ)
Noun
kisser (plural kissers)
- One who kisses.
- Synonym: pasher
- She's a great kisser!
- (slang) Mouth.
- 1918, Ralph Selwood Kendall, Benton of the Royal Mounted, New York: Grosset & Dunlap, page 121:
- Get yore handkerchief ready, an' run out an' cram it into his kisser an' choke th' —— if he starts in to holler.
- (slang) Face.
- 1999, Karen Shenfeld, “Fanny Brice 1891-1951,”, in The Law of Return, Guernica, →ISBN, page 18:
- 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.
- The kissing gourami.
- (archery) A button on a bowstring that indicates consistent height when drawing a bow, for example by being placed against the archer's mouth .
Derived terms
Translations
References
- “kisser”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
- "kisser" in Merriam-Webster's Online Dictionary, © 2006-2007 Merriam-Webster, Incorporated.
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Etymology
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Verb
kisser (imperfect jkisser, past participle mkisser, verbal noun tiksir)
- to smash, to shatter, to crush
- to train (someone) intensively
Conjugation
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