kisser en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ˈkɪsɚ/ (General-American)
- (Australia) audio
- /ˈkɪsə(ɹ)/ (UK)
Etymology
Agent noun of kiss: from kiss + -er.
Meanings
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One who kisses.
She's a great kisser!
I went to bed that night totally and completely in love with my Mary. What a kisser. She dropped me the next day.
1995, Paul Vautin, Turn It Up!, Sydney: Pan Macmillan Australia, page 81:
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(slang) The mouth.
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, New York: Grosset & Dunlap, page 121:
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(slang) The face.
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, page 18:
- The kissing gourami.
- A button on a bowstring that indicates consistent height when drawing a bow, for example by being placed against the archer's mouth .
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| kissers | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
baby-kisser · bikisser · asskisser · French kisser · ass-kisser · wall-kisser · arse-kisser · baby kisser · ass kisser · carpet kisser · girlkisser · wall kisser · boykisser · buttkisser
Synonyms
Translations (8)
de Küsser (one who kisses) · af soener (one who kisses) · pt beijoqueiro (one who kisses) · pt beijador (one who kisses) · it baciatore (one who kisses) · fr embrasseur (one who kisses) · la bāsiātor (one who kisses) · fi suutelija (one who kisses)