kiss

name

Etymology: * As a Hungarian surname, from Kiss. * As an English surname of Norman origin, from Anglo-Norman cuisse (“thigh”).

1. A surname from Hungarian.

noun

Etymology: From Middle English kis, kys, kus, forms of cos influenced by kissen, from Old English coss, from Proto-West Germanic *koss, from Proto-Germanic *kussaz.

1. A touch with the lips, usually to express love or affection, or as a greeting.

   ““It was the most absurd kiss. I don't believe he'd ever kissed a woman in his life before. I threw my head back, and it was a sort of slidy, pecking dab, just on the end of the chin — here.” Mrs. Hauksbee tapped her masculine little chin with her fan.”

2. An 'X' mark placed at the end of a letter or other type of message, signifying the bestowal of a kiss from the sender to the receiver.

   “With some satisfaction, Gergory read this through twice, signed it and added kisses[.]”

3. A type of filled chocolate candy, shaped as if someone had kissed the top. See Hershey's Kisses.
4. The alignment of two bodies in the solar system such that they have the same longitude when seen from Earth; conjunction.
5. A low-speed mid-air collision between the envelopes of two hot air balloons, generally causing no damage or injury.

verb

1. Acronym of keep it simple, stupid.

   “KISS when you're writing.”