buss

See also bus

English

Noun

buss (plural busses)

1. (archaic) A kiss.
   • 1749, Henry Fielding, The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, Book VII, chapter xiii

     Here he gave Jones a hearty buss, shook him by the hand, and took his leave.

2. A herring buss, a type of shallow-keeled Dutch fishing boat used especially for herring fishing.

Synonyms

• See also Wikisaurus:kiss

Verb

buss (third-person singular simple present busses, present participle bussing, simple past and past participle bussed)

1. (transitive) To kiss.

Anagrams

• subs

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Estonian

Noun

buss (^??? please provide the genitive and partitive!)

1. bus, a vehicle to transport people

Declension

This Estonian entry needs a declension template

Synonyms

• autobuss

Related terms

• auto
• bussijaam
• bussipeatus
• trollibuss
• väikebuss
• mikrobuss
• minibuss

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Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

Either a direct shortening of Latin omnibus, "for all", dative plural of omnis, "all", or from English bus, itself a shortening of the Latin word.

Noun

buss m. (definite singular bussen; indefinite plural busser; definite plural bussene)

1. bus (vehicle)

   Tar du buss til skolen?

   Do you get to school by bus? (literally: "do you take bus to the school?")

   Jeg gråter heller i en Mercedes enn på bussen, for å si det sånn. (Anne-Kat. Hærland)

   I'd rather cry in a Mercedes than on the bus, to put it that way.

Derived terms

• busse
• luftbuss
• skinnebuss
• skolebuss

See also

• omnibus
• bil

Etymology 2

Uncertain, perhaps akin to butt, "blunt, thick, rounded".

Noun

buss m. (definite singular bussen; indefinite plural busser; definite plural bussene)

1. a quid of chewing tobacco

Usage notes

Rarely used.

References

• “buss” in The Ordnett Dictionary
• “buss” in The Bokmål Dictionary / The Nynorsk Dictionary – Dokumentasjonsprosjektet.
• Online Etymology Dictionary entry on "bus"

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

Either a direct shortening of Latin omnibus, "for all", dative plural of omnis, "all", or from English bus, itself a shortening of the Latin word.

Noun

buss m. (definite singular bussen; indefinite plural bussar; definite plural bussane)

1. bus (vehicle)

   Tek du buss til skulen?

   Do you get to school by bus? (literally: "do you take bus to the school?")

   Ein buss er eit kjøretøy som er utforma for å frakte ei mengd passasjerar over ein distanse på veg eller gate. (from Nynorsk edition of Wikipedia)

   A bus is a vehicle designed to transport a group of passengers for a distance along a road or a street.

Derived terms

• busse
• luftbuss
• skjenebuss
• skulebuss

See also

• omnibus
• bil

Etymology 2

Uncertain, perhaps akin to butt, "blunt, thick, rounded".

Noun

buss m. (definite singular bussen; indefinite plural bussar; definite plural bussane)

1. a quid of chewing tobacco

Usage notes

Rarely used.

Etymology 3

Perhaps from Low German or Dutch, compare boezem and its English cognate and equivalent bosom.

Alternative forms

• bus

Noun

buss m. (definite singular bussen; indefinite plural bussar; definite plural bussane)

1. The middel, curved part of a filled sail, fishing net or seine.

Usage notes

Very rarely used.

Etymology 4

From Low German busse, "short case or ring of metal for lining of an axle, shaft or bolt".

Noun

buss m. (definite singular bussen; indefinite plural bussar; definite plural bussane)

1. a hopper in a mill
2. an iron ring surrounding such a hopper

References

• “buss” in The Ordnett Dictionary
• “buss” in The Bokmål Dictionary / The Nynorsk Dictionary – Dokumentasjonsprosjektet.
• Online Etymology Dictionary entry on "bus"

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Skolt Sami

Noun

buss

1. bus

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Swedish

Pronunciation

• IPA: /bɵs/

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Noun

buss c.

1. bus, a vehicle to transport people.
2. (computing) bus

Declension

Declension of buss

	singular		plural
Common	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	buss	bussen	bussar	bussarna
genitive	buss	bussens	bussars	bussarnas

See also

• buss på!
• bussa