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buss

USBUS/bʌs/

Verbbusses, bussing, bussed

Noun pluralbusses

5 meanings of buss

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  1. 1
    verbdialectaltransitive
    To kiss someone softly, often on the cheek.

    Like a soft, quick touch of the lips on someone's cheek.

    He likes to buss his children goodnight before turning off the light.

    She bussed her grandmother on the cheek before leaving.

    Similarkiss, smooch, peck

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  2. 2
    nounarchaic
    A kiss, especially a quick or loving one.

    He gave her a buss on the cheek and hurried off.

    Here he gave Jones a hearty buss, shook him by the hand, and took his leave.
    1749, Henry Fielding, The History of Tom JonesHere, buss means a kiss.
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  3. 3
    verbintransitive
    To touch lips with another person as a sign of love or greeting.

    The young couple bussed shyly under the mistletoe.

    They buss whenever they say goodbye at the station.

    Similarkiss, smooch

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  4. 4
    nouncountable
    A type of old Dutch fishing boat used mainly for catching herring.

    Like a fishing boat built just for catching one kind of fish.

    Each buss carried a crew that salted the catch out at sea.

    Dozens of busses sailed from the Dutch coast every herring season.

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Less common meaning

  1. 5
    nounarchaic
    Archaic form of bus. An old-fashioned way of writing the word for a passenger vehicle.

    She caught the morning buss into town.

    The buss stopped at every corner along the main street.

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Origins

Meanings 1–3

A word first seen in the 1560s. It imitates the sound of kissing, and may be linked to old words for "kiss" or "lip."

Meaning 4

From the Dutch word buis.