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.