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  buss

  noun

  kiss.
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  Buss

  noun

  Frances Mary . 1827–94, British educationalist; a pioneer of secondary education for girls, who campaigned for women's admission to university

buss

American  

[buhs] / bʌs /

noun

1. kiss.

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Buss ¹ British  

/ bʌs /

noun

1. Frances Mary . 1827–94, British educationalist; a pioneer of secondary education for girls, who campaigned for women's admission to university

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buss ² British  

/ bʌs /

noun

1. an archaic or dialect word for kiss

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Etymology

Origin of buss

First recorded in 1560–70; perhaps blend of obsolete bass “to kiss” (perhaps from or akin to obsolete French baiser “to kiss,” from Latin bāsiāre; see basiate ( def. )) and obsolete cuss “to kiss” (cognate with German Kuss, Old Norse koss; replacing Middle English, Old English coss ); perhaps from Scottish bus “cheek, lip, mouth” ( cf. puss ² ( def. ))

Example Sentences

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Being alone at the bar and putting my phone down to just sip and eat while listening to the buss around me was a ritual long missed.

From Seattle Times ● May 21, 2022

Everyone is out of the buss and are being medically evaluated.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 22, 2022

But it wasn't even just for that reason: we just used to go there, play games and buss jokes - and Cadet would be dancing.

From BBC ● Apr. 9, 2020

Spalding, manning the late shift, still offers a buss on the cheek to old friends, a how’s-your-meal to new arrivals, a complimentary bottle of organic soda to a customer reluctant to try it.

From The New Yorker ● Sep. 24, 2018

The buss tires thumped on the highway like a heartbeat.

From "The Honest Truth" by Dan Gemeinhart

"China is definitely on the forefront" as its companies increasingly show off "dark factories" where robots work largely without human supervision, said Joern Buss, a robotics expert at the consultancy Arthur D. Little.

From Barron's ● Jun. 19, 2026

Joey and Jesse Buss were controversially fired in a front office shake-up that occurred less than a month after the sale was finalized.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 12, 2026

Winfield and Buss weren’t the only names associated with the sports world to wade into the mayoral maelstrom.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 4, 2026

He was promoted to head coach by team owner Jerry Buss in 1981.

From Barron's ● Feb. 23, 2026

On the whole, therefore, Robert William Buss might afford to bear the refusal of Charles Dickens’s patronage with equanimity.

From English Caricaturists and Graphic Humourists of the Nineteenth Century. How they Illustrated and Interpreted their Times. by Everitt, Graham