kiss

To touch someone or something with your lips, often to show love or say hello.

• She kissed the baby.
• They kissed each other goodbye.
• May I kiss you?

How to use it: kiss someone on something (He kissed her on the cheek.)

Common phrases: kiss someone, kiss someone goodbye, kiss on something

To touch something very lightly or briefly.

• The waves kissed the shore.
• His bumper barely kissed the parked car.
• The ball kissed the edge of the net.

Similar words: brush, graze

Common phrases: kiss the shore, kiss the surface, kiss something lightly

An act of touching someone or something with your lips to show love or say hello.

• He gave her a kiss.
• The baby covered my face with kisses.
• Would you like a goodnight kiss?

How to use it: kiss on something (She gave him a kiss on the forehead.)

Similar words: buss

Common phrases: give a kiss, goodnight kiss, kiss on something

A small Hershey’s chocolate with a pointed top and a wide, flat base.

• She unwrapped a chocolate kiss.
• We put chocolate kisses in the gift bags.
• One silver-wrapped kiss sat beside each plate.

Common phrases: chocolate kiss, Hershey kiss