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A kiss; a rude or playful kiss; a smack.

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  1. n. A kiss; a rude or playful kiss; a smack.
  2. v. t. To kiss; esp. to kiss with a smack, or rudely.
  3. n. A small strong vessel with two masts and two cabins; -- used in the herring fishery.
  4. n. the act of caressing with the lips (or an instance thereof)
  5. v. touch with the lips or press the lips (against someone's mouth or other body part) as an expression of love, greeting, etc.
  6. A kiss; a rude or playful kiss; a smack. Shak. To kiss; esp. to kiss with a smack, or rudely. "Nor bussed the milking maid." Tennyson. Kissing and bussing differ both in this, We buss our wantons, but our wives we kiss. Herrick. A small strong vessel with two masts and two cabins; -- used in the herring fishery. The Dutch whalers and herring busses. Macaulay.
  7. A kiss; a rude or playful kiss; a smack. Shak.
  8. n:22/v:78 n the act of caressing with the lips (or an instance thereof) n a vehicle carrying many passengers; used for public transport n the topology of a network whose components are connected by a busbar n an electrical conductor that makes a common connection between several circuits n a car that is old and unreliable v touch with the lips or press the lips (against someone's mouth or other body part) as an expression of love, greeting, etc. v send or move around by bus v ride in a bus v remove used dishes from the table in restaurants