buss : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: buss	by the DICT Development Group
4 results for buss
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
buss n the act of caressing with the lips (or an instance thereof) Synonym(s): kiss, buss, osculation v touch with the lips or press the lips (against someone's mouth or other body part) as an expression of love, greeting, etc.; "The newly married couple kissed"; "She kissed her grandfather on the forehead when she entered the room" Synonym(s): snog, kiss, buss, osculate
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Buss \Buss\ (b[ucr]s), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Bussed} (b[ucr]st); p. pr. & vb. n. {Bussing}.] To kiss; esp. to kiss with a smack, or rudely. [bd]Nor bussed the milking maid.[b8] --Tennyson. Kissing and bussing differ both in this, We buss our wantons, but our wives we kiss. --Herrick.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Buss \Buss\, n. [Cf. OF. busse, Pr. bus, LL. bussa, busa, G. b[81]se, D. buis.] (Naut.) A small strong vessel with two masts and two cabins; -- used in the herring fishery. The Dutch whalers and herring busses. --Macaulay.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Buss \Buss\, n. [OE. basse, fr. L. basium; cf. G. bus (Luther), Prov. G. busserl, dim. of bus kiss, bussen to kiss, Sw. puss kiss, pussa to kiss, W. & Gael. bus lip, mouth.] A kiss; a rude or playful kiss; a smack. --Shak.