kiss
verb (used with object)
to touch or press with the lips slightly pursed, and then often to part them and to emit a smacking sound, in an expression of affection, love, greeting, reverence, etc..
are kissing
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present progressiveof kiss.present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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Today, more homeowners like Khazai are kissing their 3% mortgage rate goodbye as the housing market enters a new era.
From MarketWatch ● Jan. 7, 2026
Some are catching up with old friends and co-stars, some are kissing their dates in plain sight and some fawn over the cool kids they haven’t yet met.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 7, 2024
And actually our main models in there, the guy and the girl that are kissing, hadn’t seen each other for two months before they came on the shoot.
From Slate ● Mar. 6, 2021
The last couple dancing, Maritta Diggs of Arbutus and her longtime boyfriend, Kerron Godfrey of Windsor Mill, are kissing.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 4, 2019
And then Erin and I are kissing on a new roof, under the same endless unknowable space above, and somehow we’re okay.
From "Boy21" by Matthew Quick
