blow a kiss

English

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Verb

blow a kiss (third-person singular simple present blows a kiss, present participle blowing a kiss, simple past blew a kiss, past participle blown a kiss)

1. (idiomatic) To kiss one's hand, then blow on it in a direction towards the recipient.

   We haven't yet kissed, but she blew me a kiss as the train pulled out of the station. That meant a lot to me.

Related terms

• throw a kiss
• flying kiss

Translations

kiss one's hand and blow towards the recipient

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 給某人飛吻／给某人飞吻 (gěi mǒurén fēiwěn)

• Dutch: een kushandje geven
• Estonian: õhusuudlust saatma
• Finnish: lähettää lentosuukko, antaa lentosuukko
• German: einen Luftkuss geben
• Hungarian: csókot dob
• Icelandic: senda fingurkoss
• Irish: póg a shéideadh
• Japanese: 投げキッスをする (nagekissu o suru)
• Russian: посыла́ть возду́шный поцелу́й impf (posylátʹ vozdúšnyj pocelúj)
• Turkish: öpücük göndermek (tr)