buss
pronunciation
How to pronounce buss in British English:
UK [bʌs]
How to pronounce buss in American English:
US [bʌs]
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- Noun:
- the act of caressing with the lips (or an instance thereof)
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- Verb:
- touch with the lips or press the lips (against someone's mouth or other body part) as an expression of love, greeting, etc.
Word Origin
- buss (n.)
- "a kiss," 1560s; probably of imitative origin, as are Welsh and Gaelic bus "kiss, lip," French baiser "kiss" (12c., from Latin basiare), Spanish buz, German dialectal Buss.
- buss (v.)
- 1570s, from buss (n.). Related: Bussed; bussing. Kissing and bussing differ both in this,We busse our wantons, but our wives we kisse.[Robert Herrick, "Hesperides," 1648]
Example
- 1. The buss family promised they would proceed this way , without the consultation of the most important person in the franchise .
- 2. Buss and his students say evolution has encouraged women to be more sexually active as their fertility begins to decline and as menopause approaches .
- 3. Researches in japan are hard at work developing an internet-enabled kissing simulator that will allow lovers or perfect strangers to reach out and buss someone .
- 4. Both men and women experience jealousy and according to david buss , ph.d. , professor of evolutionary psychology at the university of texas , this is both healthy and necessary to the fitness of a faithful relationship .
- 5. " The demand environment looks to be improving , relative to three or four years of fairly weak apparel trends . That stimulated activity has led to a window of ipo activity , " says mr buss at credit suisse .