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buss
/bʌs/
noun 4verb 2name 1
Collocations
4ADJ.
against, hearty
VERB + BUSS
came, dodges
BUSS + NOUN
earth, road
PREP.
down, off, on
Definitions
noun
1
A kiss.
Here he gave Jones a hearty buss, shook him by the hand, and took his leave.
verb
1
To kiss (either literally or figuratively).
I will thinke thou smil'st, And busse thee as thy wife.
'I take the privilege, Mistress Ruth, of saluting you.' ...And therewith I bussed her well.
2
To kiss.
In the faint glow of a single blue bulb hanging from a clothesline they bussed and fondled.
noun
1
A herring buss, a type of shallow-keeled Dutch fishing boat used especially for herring fishing.
the Dutch whalers and herring busses
Thesaurus
Synonyms
noun — the act of caressing with the lips (or an instance thereof)
Antonyms
Idioms & Phrases
Example Bank
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Here he gave Jones a hearty buss, shook him by the hand, and took his leave.
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I will thinke thou smil'st, And busse thee as thy wife.
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'I take the privilege, Mistress Ruth, of saluting you.' ...And therewith I bussed her well.
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As the repatriated explorer dodges down to buss the earth […] he is so thoroughly caught up in the rhapsody of the moment that he fails to take into account the traffic behind him.
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the Dutch whalers and herring busses
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1838, Charles Dickens, "Omnibuses", Sketches by Boz We will back the machine in which we make our daily peregrination from the top of Oxford-street to the city, against any buss on the road, whether i
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