kisser
Americannoun
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kissers
plural
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a person who kisses.
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Slang.
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the face.
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the mouth.
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Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of kisser
1530–40; 1930–35 kisser for def. 2; kiss + -er 1
Example Sentences
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"We always joked that I was the kisser and he was the kissed," Mrs Peters said in the statement.
From BBC ● Apr. 30, 2025
Cavin Richie Hummingbird Heart Earrings Molded from artwork by Port Ludlow-based carver Cavin Richie, these richly detailed bronze earrings — featuring everyone’s favorite flower kisser — are sure to set her heart aflutter.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 3, 2021
It could be his teenage kisser or his Kermit-adjacent voice or the way he carves up his opponents with the warmest of smiles.
From The Guardian ● Feb. 1, 2020
I consistently shower my toddler in kisses and hugs and tickles, and he has become a wonderful cheek kisser.
From Slate ● Mar. 8, 2019
I thought: I am clearly the greatest kisser in the history of the universe.
From "Looking for Alaska" by John Green
Some believed it and were adamant the Welsh were the best kissers.
From BBC ● Jan. 25, 2023
It’s the nature of norms that they’re resistant to change: It’d take a lot of effort and persistence to turn Japan into a nation of kissers.
From Slate ● Oct. 4, 2016
The police resist, but the kissers mean business and no targeted subject escapes a smooch: a zero tolerance in the right direction.
From New York Times ● Feb. 5, 2015
Matt and Ben: competitive kissers, lifelong friends from Cambridge, Mass., and the toast of Hollywood in the late 1990s, when they won the Oscar for their screenplay for “Good Will Hunting.”
From New York Times ● Sep. 8, 2012
Most German hand kissers either belong to the "dry" Berlin school or else practice the "wet" Viennese method.
From Time Magazine Archive
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