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
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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
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
Rich: Which gets to the heart of the writer’s question: Is there such a thing as an objectively bad kisser?
From Slate ● Mar. 28, 2019
However, when Closer Weekly asked Laurie if Reagan was at least a good kisser, she responded, “Oh, yes!”
From Fox News ● Oct. 10, 2018
But I’ve never pictured myself as a kissee, and certainly not a kisser.
From "Everything, Everything" by Nicola Yoon
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
In the days that followed, the movement spread to other cities, including Delhi, where there were scuffles between the kissers and the guardians of culture.
From New York Times ● Nov. 12, 2014
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
Expulsions, whether of prepubescent kissers or Midol dealers, have nothing to do with teachers.
From Time Magazine Archive
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