kisser
English
Etymology
Agent noun of kiss: from kiss + -er.
Pronunciation
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Audio (AU): (file) - Rhymes: -ɪsə(r)
Noun
kisser (plural kissers)
- One who kisses.
- She's a great kisser!
- Synonym: pasher
- (slang) Mouth.
- 1918, Ralph Selwood Kendall, Benton of the Royal Mounted, Grosset & Dunlap, New York, p. 121:
- Get yore handkerchief ready, an' run out an' cram it into his kisser an' choke th' —— if he starts in to holler.
- 1918, Ralph Selwood Kendall, Benton of the Royal Mounted, Grosset & Dunlap, New York, p. 121:
- (slang) Face.
- 1999, Karen Shenfeld, "Fanny Brice 1891-1951," in The Law of Return, Guernica, →ISBN, p. 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.
- 1999, Karen Shenfeld, "Fanny Brice 1891-1951," in The Law of Return, Guernica, →ISBN, p. 18:
- 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 .
Translations
one who kisses
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References
- “kisser”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
- "kisser" in Merriam-Webster's Online Dictionary, © 2006-2007 Merriam-Webster, Incorporated.
Anagrams
Maltese
Etymology
From Arabic كَسَّرَ (kassara), intensive second stem of كَسَرَ (kasara), whence Maltese kiser (“to break”).
Pronunciation
Verb
kisser (imperfect jkisser, past participle mkisser)
Conjugation
Conjugation of kisser | ||||||||
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singular | plural | |||||||
1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | |||
perfect | m | kissirt | kissirt | kisser | kissirna | kissirtu | kissru | |
f | kissret | |||||||
imperfect | m | nkisser | tkisser | jkisser | nkissru | tkissru | jkissru | |
f | tkisser | |||||||
imperative | kisser | kissru |
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