OZDIC

buss

UK /bʌs/ US /bʌs/
noun 4verb 2name 1

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

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