kisser
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Agent noun of kiss: from kiss + -er.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈkɪsɚ/
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈkɪsə(ɹ)/
Audio (General Australian): (file) - Rhymes: -ɪsə(ɹ)
Noun
[edit]kisser (plural kissers)
- One who kisses.
- Synonym: pasher
- She's a great kisser!
- (slang) Mouth.
- 1918, Ralph Selwood Kendall, Benton of the Royal Mounted, New York: Grosset & Dunlap, page 121:
- Get yore handkerchief ready, an' run out an' cram it into his kisser an' choke th' —— if he starts in to holler.
- (slang) Face.
- 1999, Karen Shenfeld, “Fanny Brice 1891-1951,”, in The Law of Return, Guernica, →ISBN, page 18:
- 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.
- The kissing gourami.
- (archery) A button on a bowstring that indicates consistent height when drawing a bow, for example by being placed against the archer's mouth .
Derived terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]one who kisses
References
[edit]- “kisser”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
- "kisser" in Merriam-Webster's Online Dictionary, © 2006-2007 Merriam-Webster, Incorporated.
Anagrams
[edit]Maltese
[edit]Root |
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k-s-r |
8 terms |
Etymology
[edit]From Arabic كَسَّرَ (kassara).
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]kisser (imperfect jkisser, past participle mkisser, verbal noun tiksir)
- to smash, to shatter, to crush
- to train (someone) intensively
Conjugation
[edit]Conjugation of kisser | ||||||||
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singular | plural | |||||||
1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | |||
perfect | m | kissirt | kissirt | kisser | kissirna | kissirtu | kissru | |
f | kissret | |||||||
imperfect | m | nkisser | tkisser | jkisser | nkissru | tkissru | jkissru | |
f | tkisser | |||||||
imperative | kisser | kissru |
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- en:Archery
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- en:Face
- en:Labyrinth fish
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- Maltese terms belonging to the root k-s-r
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- Maltese 2-syllable words
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