Word "KISS" Definitions:


Part of Speech:
Noun
Definition:
the act of caressing with the lips (or an instance thereof)
Synonyms:
buss, osculation

Part of Speech:
Verb
Definition:
touch with the lips or press the lips (against someone's mouth or other body part) as an expression of love, greeting, etc.
Synonyms:
buss, osculate, snog
Examples:
The newly married couple kissed
She kissed her grandfather on the forehead when she entered the room

Part of Speech:
Noun
Definition:
any of several bite-sized candies
Synonyms:
candy kiss

Crossword Clues for KISS

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Clue Source Date
X is embraced by King Charles finally
Greeting surprises Sikh hosts from behind
Touch lightly (of billiard balls)
To touch lightly another ball in passing in billiards and snooker (4)
Light touch The Sun Two Speed 29 Apr 2024
1993 novel by Jill Mansell Mirror Quiz 29 Apr 2024
Snog in Norfolk is sensual The Sun Two Speed 29 Apr 2024
Smackeroo The Guardian Quick 26 Apr 2024
Smooch: a little peck is similar The Times Quick Cryptic 23 Apr 2024
Meeting of lips (4)
Osculate The Times Concise 21 Apr 2024
Affectionate peck Puzzler Backwords 16 Apr 2024
Intimate touch (4)
"You may now ___ the bride"
King is first to shun sign of affection (4)
Osculate The Guardian Speedy 07 Apr 2024
A touch of life, perhaps? (4)
Intimate contact (4)
Subject of a Rodin sculpture (4)
Frog prince's transformer Newsday 24 Mar 2024
Smooch USA Today 20 Mar 2024
X-rated work of Rodin's? (4)
Sign of love from Henry the peacemaker (4)
Affectionate contact (4)
Share a smooch
Frog transformer New York Times 06 Mar 2024
Judas's act of betrayal (4)
Judas's act of betrayal The Guardian Quick 05 Mar 2024
Caress with lips
Peck on the cheek
One may be stolen or planted New York Times 01 Mar 2024
Smooch The Telegraph Quick 28 Feb 2024
How billiard balls gently touch (4)
Hard rock band co-founded by Gene Simmons in 1973 (4)
Mistletoe peck The Guardian Quick 21 Feb 2024
Smooch Commuter 17 Feb 2024
___- the Girls, movie with Ashley Judd (4)
Gentle contact is accepted by King and son The Times Quick Cryptic 13 Feb 2024
American shock rock band founded in 1973 The Times Specialist Sunday 11 Feb 2024
*True Love's ___
Smooch USA Today 06 Feb 2024
Peck, perhaps
Crowd-pleasing moment of a rom-com
Balazs -, 1996 Olympic hammer gold medallist Mirror Quiz 31 Jan 2024
Band whose lead guitarist was Ace Frehley
Meet face-to-face? LA Times Daily 27 Jan 2024
Peck The Telegraph Quick 21 Jan 2024
Snog in park is sensual
Kind of a smooch given by the French?
Gently touch The Guardian Quick 16 Jan 2024
Skis laid out to form "X"? (4)
Band whose "End of the Road" concert tour concluded on December 2023 in NYC
Sign of affection Commuter 30 Dec 2023
Gene Simmons' band, who have had hits including1987's Crazy Crazy Nights (4)
Smooch Eugene Sheffer 23 Dec 2023
Runners cycling to get snog
___ and Make-Up, singer Gene Simmons' 2 Down (4)
Climactic moment in some romance movies USA Today 14 Dec 2023
Touch lightly LA Times Daily 13 Dec 2023
Peck or snog? (4)
"The ---", 1898 sculpture by Rodin (4)
___ Cam (device catching a smooch) USA Today 26 Nov 2023
Touch with the lips (4) Puzzler 26 Nov 2023
"Heaven's on Fire" band
Snog (4) Puzzler 03 Nov 2023
"Beso" in Spanish, or "bisou" in French New York Times Mini 30 Oct 2023
Slight contact, on a pool table New York Times 27 Oct 2023
Touch gently The Telegraph Quick 21 Oct 2023
Peck on the cheek
Affectionate touch Newsday 16 Oct 2023
Lock lips
Affectionate greeting Newsday 13 Sep 2023
Smooch New York Times 11 Sep 2023
Go 'mwah!' USA Today 04 Sep 2023
Smooch Eugene Sheffer 24 Aug 2023
"___ me, I'm Irish" Universal 20 Aug 2023
Bit of conical-shaped candy New York Times 09 Aug 2023
"You may now ___ the bride!"
Half of a religious title New York Times 09 Jul 2023
Peck New York Times 09 Jul 2023
1970s US rock band known for wearing make-up The Guardian Speedy 18 Jun 2023
Smooch LA Times Daily 18 Jun 2023
One meaning of 'X' New York Times 28 May 2023
Peck LA Times Daily 28 May 2023
Lock lips New York Times 23 May 2023
Lock lips with Premier Sunday 21 May 2023
Peck or smooch, e.g.
Touch with lips The Telegraph Quick 16 Apr 2023
Chocolate shape Newsday 09 Apr 2023
"X," in a love letter
Foil-wrapped Hershey's chocolate LA Times Daily 07 Mar 2023
Disc barely covered by Kansas radio station The Telegraph Cryptic 24 Feb 2023
Postnuptial response to glass-clinking New York Times 14 Feb 2023
Apt candy for Valentine's Day Universal 12 Feb 2023
Date ender, perhaps Newsday 04 Feb 2023
Warm greeting Newsday 22 Jan 2023
Hershey's bit?
Peck on the cheek Newsday 26 Dec 2022
Smooch New York Times 13 Dec 2022
Word after "French" and "chef's" Universal 09 Dec 2022
Caress with the lips The Times Concise 12 Oct 2022
Hershey's teardrop-shaped chocolate
*mwah* Universal 29 Aug 2022
Plonker gets winter sports gear back to front? No, other way round The Guardian Cryptic 16 Aug 2022
Smooch Eugene Sheffer 11 Aug 2022
Light glancing touch The Guardian Quick 27 Jul 2022
'Mwah!' represents one USA Today 19 Jul 2022
Smooch The Telegraph Quick 14 Jun 2022
Smooch USA Today 11 Jun 2022
"___ and Make Up," 2018 song by K-pop's Blackpink and Dua Lipa
Touch gently The Times Concise 15 May 2022
X The Washington Post Sunday 24 Apr 2022
Hug's partner Premier Sunday 10 Apr 2022
"Cold Gin" band who performed for Sweden's Princess Estelle in 2017
Affectionate greeting Newsday 14 Feb 2022
"___ Me," song by Ed Sheeran whose title is also "X" on a romantic card
Light touch from one X represents
Osculate The Guardian Quick 11 Jan 2022
Peck on the cheek
Make up partner LA Times Daily 26 Dec 2021
Peck or smooch, e.g.
I am what you do under a mistletoe
Osculate Canadiana 22 Nov 2021
Sign of affection The Times Concise 04 Nov 2021
Loving smack The Washington Post 13 Oct 2021
Loving smack LA Times Daily 13 Oct 2021
Smack, in the good way Wall Street Journal 21 Sep 2021
Candy item in foil New York Times 06 Sep 2021
Loving touch LA Times Daily 04 Sep 2021
Loving touch The Washington Post 04 Sep 2021
Hershey's foil-wrapped chocolate treat LA Times Daily 24 Aug 2021
Rock band with light touch
Hershey's foil-wrapped chocolate treat The Washington Post 24 Aug 2021
Smooch Thomas Joseph 23 Aug 2021
‘Smack‘ in Greek is ‘skampili'
Show of affection The Washington Post 01 Aug 2021
Show of affection LA Times Daily 01 Aug 2021
Culmination of a wedding ceremony New York Times 30 Jun 2021
X in XXX, maybe New York Times 10 Jun 2021
Smooch
Contact between two billiard balls LA Times Daily 23 May 2021
Contact between two billiard balls The Washington Post 23 May 2021
"X," on a Valentine's Day card
First date no-no, for some Universal 08 May 2021
Collide briefly with runners when cycling
Prince hit of 1986 Jonesin 23 Feb 2021
Smooch LA Times Daily 01 Feb 2021
Smooch The Washington Post 01 Feb 2021
"X," on a Valentine's Day card
Snog in Kilmarnock is sensational The Sun Two Speed 25 Jan 2021
Light touch The Sun Two Speed 25 Jan 2021
A light touch from banks kicking up a fuss Irish Times Crosaire 25 Jan 2021
Liplock USA Today 01 Jan 2021
Hershey's bit?
Small Hershey's candy Universal 20 Dec 2020
It goes with a nice hug Family Time 07 Dec 2020
Hershey's foiled confection New York Times 27 Oct 2020
Lock lips Universal 17 Oct 2020
What 'mwah' denotes USA Today 11 Oct 2020
"You may now ___ the bride"
X, in a love letter USA Today 17 Sep 2020
Peck on the cheek, e.g.
Peck on the cheek
Peck's misplaced skis 
Touch lightly, as billiard balls Newsday 26 Jul 2020
Hershey's peck?
X before a signature, perhaps? Universal 14 Jul 2020
Smacker The Telegraph Quick 03 Jul 2020
Gentle touch of some gracious Sikh in retirement
Peck on the cheek, e.g.
Light touch from one X represents
"___ it Better," a song by Rihanna for her 2016 album "Anti"
Band supposedly doing their final concert in 2021 Jonesin 19 May 2020
"A Midnight ___," a Hallmark holiday movie starring Adelaide Kane
Midnight ___, popular New Year tradition
Touch with the lips Irish Times Simplex 23 Apr 2020
Meaning of X, sometimes USA Today 21 Apr 2020
With 35-Across, Cole Porter musical New York Times 16 Apr 2020
Peck The Telegraph Quick 16 Apr 2020
Lock lips, say
Smack New York Times 26 Mar 2020
Plonker from Stanislavski's school
Hershey's conical treat
Chocolate candy The New Yorker 13 Jan 2020
Smooch Eugene Sheffer 31 Dec 2019
Peck on the cheek
Banks kicking up a fuss with a light touch Irish Times Crosaire 29 Nov 2019
Maverick is slyly concealing smack
Peck travels down piste back to front
Some characters in Donnybrook issued a welcome that's very informal Irish Times Crosaire 12 Oct 2019
Peck on the cheek, e.g.
Peck's damaged skis
Bite-size chocolate candy New York Times 28 Jul 2019
Snog in Norfolk is sensual The Sun Two Speed 19 Jul 2019
Gesture underneath the mistletoe The Washington Post Sunday 07 Jul 2019
"One ___," 2018 song by Calvin Harris and Dua Lipa
___ cam (smooch recorder) Universal 27 Apr 2019
What a lipstick print may signify
Smooch Thomas Joseph 23 Mar 2019
Smooch that may be "French"
X in a letter Thomas Joseph 13 Mar 2019
Veil of doom almost engulfing society
Smack Wall Street Journal 20 Feb 2019
Rick is severe, covering neck
Part of back is supporting neck
"Beth" band
Smack
Bite-size chocolate candy
___ cam (smooch recorder)
Hershey's nibble LA Times Daily 24 Dec 2018
Hershey's nibble The Washington Post 24 Dec 2018
Conical chocolate bit?
More than a peck LA Times Daily 23 Nov 2018
More than a peck The Washington Post 23 Nov 2018
Meet face to face? New York Times 06 Nov 2018
Affectionate greeting The Times Concise 05 Nov 2018
Give mouth-to-mouth to? New York Times 04 Nov 2018
Affectionate greeting Newsday 16 Oct 2018
A peck or a smooch
"X" The New Yorker 24 Sep 2018
Welcome warmly at the end of 11 across Irish Times Crosaire 22 Aug 2018
Touch lightly Newsday 19 Aug 2018
Be lippy? Wall Street Journal 15 Aug 2018
Affectionate touch in peck is seen The Telegraph Toughie 11 Jul 2018
Do more than hug Family Time 09 Jul 2018
X, in some letters The Washington Post Sunday 01 Jul 2018
"I Was Made for Lovin' You" band that has its own board game
Smooch Newsday 19 Jun 2018
X skis haphazardly
Meet face-to-face? Wall Street Journal 24 Apr 2018
Embrace in Suffolk is sensual The Sun Two Speed 16 Apr 2018
Peck: his last is first in sequence
Barely touch, on a billiard table The Chronicle of Higher Education 23 Feb 2018
Gene Simmons' rock band USA Today 14 Feb 2018
Chocolate treat Newsday 14 Jan 2018
Lip caress The Sun Two Speed 08 Jan 2018
One enjoyed in the dark is super! The Sun Two Speed 08 Jan 2018
Lover's greeting The Washington Post 05 Jan 2018
Lover's greeting LA Times Daily 05 Jan 2018
Meet face to face?
Give mouth-to-mouth to?
Hershey's nibble
Meet face-to-face?
Be lippy?
Gene Simmons' rock band
More than a peck
Lover's greeting
Barely touch, on a billiard table
Either X in XOXO
Peck (on cheek or lips?) The Telegraph Quick 23 Nov 2017
Display of affection Universal 12 Nov 2017
A peck on the cheek
King is, with son, a soft touch
Hershey's morsel USA Today 12 Oct 2017
Welcome warmly as mate is not involved in mistakes Irish Times Crosaire 07 Oct 2017
Display of affection Newsday 10 Sep 2017
1986 Prince song covered by Art of Noise (with Tom Jones) in 1988 The Times Specialist Sunday 20 Aug 2017
Neck in stork is stretched The Telegraph Cryptic 08 Aug 2017
Smooch
Warm welcome Newsday 23 Jul 2017
Show affection, in a way Universal 05 Jul 2017
Expression of love The Telegraph Quick 12 May 2017
What a new bride gets to make it official Universal 02 Apr 2017
The anatomical juxtaposition of two orbicularis oris muscles in a state of contraction
Prince hit of 1986 Wall Street Journal 28 Jan 2017
Mistletoe event Wall Street Journal 21 Jan 2017
'A man's ___ is his signature': Mae West Wall Street Journal 13 Jan 2017
Smack on the mouth LA Times Daily 10 Jan 2017
Hershey's morsel
Smack on the mouth
Display of affection
Show affection, in a way
Touch with the lips The Times Concise 21 Nov 2016
X as used in XOXO is a kind of lip service
Smooch Universal 23 Sep 2016
Rock group with an "army" USA Today 13 Sep 2016
What a lipstick print signifies New York Times 12 Sep 2016
Gene Simmons's band The Washington Post 30 Aug 2016
Osculate The Guardian Quick 26 Aug 2016
Show of affection Universal 25 Aug 2016
Smooch The Times Concise 31 Jul 2016
x (that may be French) The Guardian Quick 29 Jul 2016
Conical confection Wall Street Journal 12 Jul 2016
Rock band famous for face paint LA Times Daily 22 May 2016
Fabled curse breaker Newsday 21 May 2016
Slight touch, on a pool table Newsday 14 May 2016
Gene Simmons' rock band Universal 03 Apr 2016
X, in a love letter The Washington Post 01 Apr 2016
Light touch in work is splendid
Keep it simple stupid, for leaders offering warm greeting Irish Times Crosaire 20 Feb 2016
Stolen item that's often returned USA Today 16 Jan 2016
Affectionate greeting USA Today 14 Jan 2016
Osculation The Telegraph Quick 14 Jan 2016
What a lipstick print signifies
Affectionate greeting
Rock band famous for face paint
Smooch
Stolen item that's often returned
Rock group with an "army"
Show of affection
An oral Christmas greeting under the mistletoe The Telegraph Cryptic 25 Dec 2015
Under-the-mistletoe event Eugene Sheffer 30 Nov 2015
__ and ride (train drop-off area) Newsday 31 Oct 2015
Smooch Premier Sunday 18 Oct 2015
Touch gently The Telegraph Quick 17 Oct 2015
Touch very lightly The Chronicle of Higher Education 02 Oct 2015
X, at times Wall Street Journal 19 Sep 2015
Warmly greet runners beginning to finish The Times Cryptic 01 Sep 2015
What X may mean Jonesin 16 Jul 2015
Petruchio's request of Kate LA Times Daily 03 Jul 2015
Neck and part of cheek is snogged The Telegraph Cryptic 25 Jun 2015
'Rock and Roll All Nite' band New York Times 24 Jun 2015
"___ Me, Kate" USA Today 02 May 2015
Osculate The Telegraph Quick 29 Apr 2015
A little peck is suggested The Telegraph Cryptic 25 Apr 2015
Smooch USA Today 21 Apr 2015
Embrace runners first to last
SWA* New York Times 03 Feb 2015
Caress The Telegraph Quick 01 Feb 2015
Smack in the face? Wall Street Journal 20 Jan 2015
X, on a greeting card USA Today 16 Jan 2015
"___ Me, Kate"
Touch very lightly
Smooch
__ and ride (train drop-off area)
Smooch
X, at times
"Rock and Roll All Nite" band
Petruchio's request of Kate
SWA*
Letter X?
Smooch
Perform mouth-to-mouth?
Smooch
Affectionate greeting
X, on a greeting card
Give lip service to a King on Indian ship
Bites of ___ etc melting could show softest bickies
Show of affection in 'peck' is seen
Sleeping Beauty waker
Sleeping Beauty's awakener
See 14-Across
Show of affection
Smack, maybe
Barely touch, on a pool table
Fairy-tale frog transformer
See 38-Across
Barely touch
Hug go-with
Caress runners after cycling
Touch with an oral greeting
X, in a love note
Show of affection
Post office objective?
Lock lips
Get lippy, say
Gene Simmons's band
Smack
X, in valentines
Smooch
X, at times
Give lip to?
Lightly tap a pool ball
Gene Simmons' band
Give lip to?
X, in valentines
Valentine's Day offering
Warm greeting
Little chocolate wrapped in foil
Nice thing to steal
Chocolate shape
Peck on the cheek
Acknowledge mistletoe overhead
"Farewell, farewell! One ___ and I'll descend": Romeo
Little chocolate wrapped in foil
Nice thing to steal
Show of affection
Smack in the face
X, in a letter's closing
"Hotter Than Hell," at one time
Smack
Meet face-to-face?
French ___
Children – that's sons, not daughters – get smack
It may be a peck
It may be a peck
Sleeping Beauty awakener
Chocolate treat
SWAK part
Lip smack
Meeting of the mouths
Smack in the face?
Partner of make up
X
Smooch
X, on a greeting card
Meeting of the mouths
Mouth-to-mouth activity
Popular version of a design principle acronym spelled out by the starts of this puzzle's four longest answers
Display of affection
Give a smack, say
Stolen item that's often returned
Smacker
Hershey treat
Popular version of a design principle acronym spelled out by the starts of this puzzle's four longest answers
Flamboyant band since the '70s
Flamboyant band since the '70s
Show of affection
Request of a frog in a fairy tale
X, in a love letter
Smooch
Sleeping Beauty awakener
It's often planted
New Year's Eve action
Hershey's treat
Gene Simmons' group
Peck on the cheek
Sleeping Beauty awakener
Buss or smack
Pay lip service to?
Gene Simmons's group
Affectionate smack
Lip service?
One often involves four lips
Tell's partner
X, in some letters
Foil-wrapped sweet
Buss
Gently touch
Peck, for one
"Thus with a __ I die": Romeo
Foil-wrapped sweet
Date ending, perhaps
One often involves four lips
Warm welcome
Gently touch
X, in some letters
Lightly touch, as a billiard ball
"Thus with a __ I die": Romeo
Show affection, in a way
Hug partner
Chocolate treat
Hershey confection
Slight ball contact, in billiards
Slight ball contact, in billiards
Mouth-to-mouth activity
Mouth-to-mouth activity
Get mouthy?
It can be stolen or planted
X, on a greeting card
Glancing contact, in billiards
Made-up rock group?
Foil-wrapped sweet
A stolen item that's often returned
Light contact in billiards
Show of affection
It can be planted
Hershey's treat
Affectionate smack
It may be planted
Band whose makeup has stayed the same over the years?
X, in letters
Tell's partner
It might be stolen in the dark
Chocolate candy
Rock band whose makeup has stayed the same over the years
Letter X?
French connection?
Part of SWAK
Fairy tale frog transformer
"Rock and Roll All Nite" band
"___ Me, Kate"
Lips service?
Memorable first
Lips service?
Hershey confection
Light carom
Smack in the face?
Hershey treat
Gentle carom, in pool
Plant one on, so to speak
X, on a greeting card
Do mouth-to-mouth recreation?
Chocolate treat
Valentine's Day offering
Peck, e.g.
Plant one on, so to speak
Air __ (affectionate gesture)
Meeting of heads?
Part of S.W.A.K.
Rodin sculpture, with "The"
Ghoulish rockers
"___ of the Spider Woman"
Chocolate tidbit
Plant one on, so to speak
Made-up rock group
X
Good smack
Make out
X, in letters
Barely touch, on a pool table
Smack in the face
Buss
Campy 1970s band
Made-up rock group
Tipper got a famous one
Gene Simmons's rock band
Heavy metal band into mascara
Chocolate treat
Osculation
Lightly tap a pool ball
Buss
Acknowledge mistletoe
"Rock and Roll All Night" group
Post office objective?
Lip service?
It's planted on 17 Across
Conical chocolate
Participate in the Blarney stone ritual
Smack on the mouth
Affectionate smack
Chocolate candy
Cue ball contact
Nuptials tradition
Hershey product
Sign of affection
Part of SWAK
Hershey product
Part of SWAK
Show of love
It's sometimes stolen
Gene Simmons' rock group
Date ender, often
Memorable first
Billiard ball touch
What X may represent
Smack
"___ of the Spider Woman"
Hershey product
Alive! rock group
Rock 'n' Roll All Night group
Donne's "last lamenting" thing
Osculate
Make out
___and tell
Rodin work with "The"
Glancing contact in billiards
1930 hit "The _____ Waltz"
One method of sealing
Stolen item that's often returned
Rodin work, With "The"
Philematologist's study
Conical candy
S.W.A.K. word
Romeo's last act
Chocolate tidbit
Touch gently
Rock group
Expression of affection
Osculate
Osculte
Bit of candy
Popular rock group
Face-to-face contact
Billiard contact
Bridegroom's buss fare
Smack
Lips in sync
A carom in billiards
Toffee confection
Buss
Confection
Gentle contact
Romeo's last action
Post-office delivery
Oversized chocolate chip
"___ Me, Kate"
Post office get-together
Command to Kate
Chocolate candy
Touch lightly, in billiards
Rodin subject
Candy piece
Candy
"A ___ in the Dark"
Collide gently
Reward for 10 Down, maybe
Sign of affection
Touch lightly.
Meringue confection.
Billiards term.
Movie closeup.
Masterpiece by Rodin (with "The").
Piece of candy.
Movie close-up.
Mark of affection.
Type of candy.
"A ___ for Cinderella."
Buss.
"You must not ___ and tell."—Congreve.
Salute to the bride.
Popular song subject.
Baked confection.
When billiard balls touch.
Candy.
Piece of confectionery.
Sign of affection.
Subject of Rodin sculpture.
Sugarplum.
Sub-mistletoe encounter.
Forfeit in a game of post office.
Subject of a popular Victor Herbert song.
Sugar plum.
Barrie's "A ___ for Cinderella."
Subject for a movie close-up.
"___ Me, Kate," new Cole Porter musical.
"The coward does it with a ___."—Wilde.
Osculate.
"The sure, sweet cement, glue and lime of love."—Herrick.
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