v.
   - touch or caress with the lips as a sign of love, affection, or greeting. 
▸Billiards  & Snooker  (of a ball) lightly touch (another ball).
 - 
(kiss someone/thing off)
 N. Amer. informal dismiss someone rudely; end a relationship abruptly.
 - 
(kiss up to)
 N. Amer. informal behave obsequiously towards.
 
n.
  - a touch or caress with the lips. 
▸Billiards  & Snooker  a slight touch of a ball against another ball.
 - N. Amer. a small cake, biscuit, or sweet.
 
 
  Phrase
  
    - kiss and tell
 chiefly derogatory recount one's sexual exploits concerning a famous person.  - kiss someone's arse 
(or N. Amer. ass)
 vulgar slang behave obsequiously towards someone.  - kiss of death
 an action that ensures failure, especially when apparently benign.  - kiss of life
  - mouth-to-mouth resuscitation.
 - something that revives a failing enterprise.
 
  - kiss of peace
 a ceremonial kiss signifying unity, especially during the Eucharist.  - kiss the rod
 accept punishment submissively. 
   
  Derivative
  
    - kissable adj.
  - kissy adj. (informal).
 
   
  Etymology
  OE cyssan (v.), of Gmc origin.