kıss

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kiss
A type of filled chocolate candy, shaped as if someone had kissed the top. See Hershey's Kisses
Of two or more people, to touch each other's lips together, usually to express love or affection or passion
To touch lightly or slightly

The nearside of the car just kissed a parked truck as he took the corner at high speed.

To mark a cross (X) after your name on a card, etc
{v} to salute with the lips, fondle, caress
a light glancing touch; "there was a brief kiss of their hands in passing"
To salute with the lips, as a mark of affection, reverence, submission, forgiveness, etc
To touch gently, as if fondly or caressingly
acronym for Keep It Simple, Stupid
touch lightly or gently; "the blossoms were kissed by the soft rain
Kinetic Interactive Software System This is the second 433-440 project team
If you say that you kiss something goodbye or kiss goodbye to something, you accept the fact that you are going to lose it, although you do not want to. I felt sure I'd have to kiss my dancing career goodbye
the act of caressing with the lips (or an instance thereof)
A memory device standing for Keep It Simple Salesperson
A memory device standing for Keep It Simple, Salesperson
To meet; to come in contact; to touch fondly
A touch with the lips, usually to express love or affection, or as a greeting
"The newly married couple kissed"; "She kissed her grandfather on the forehead when she entered the room"
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Definition of kıss in English English dictionary

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KISS
Keep it simple, stupid
KISS principle
The empirical principle that most systems will work best if they are kept simple rather than made complex
Turkish - Turkish

Definition of kıss in Turkish Turkish dictionary

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KISS
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KISS
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kıss

    Etymology

    [ 'kis ] (verb.) before 12th century. Old English cyssan, from Germanic *kussja-, cognates include Danish kysse Dutch kussen, German küssen, Swedish kyssa. Possibly from Proto-Indo-European *ku- or *kus- (probably imitative), with cognates including Ancient Greek κύσσω (kysso) poet. form of κύσω (kyso) "to kiss", and Hittite kuwassanzi "they kiss". Homer, Odyssey, 16.15: kusse de min kephalen... "he kissed his forehead"; Aristophanes, Clouds, 56.81: kuson me... "kiss me...", etc., from κυνέω (kyneo) "to kiss".
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