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kiss
verb- in games such as pool and marbles, to cause one object to barely touch another US
- When Babe lagged, he kissed the closest toy, and Babe got first shot. — Bobby Seale, A Lonely Rage, p. 31, 1978
- in pool, to try to make a shot by bouncing the object ball off another ball US
- — Steve Rushin, Pool Cool, p. 18, 1990
- to perform oral sex US
- This euphemism has even been employed by medical and technical writers, who call oragenitalism the genital kiss, or, with even greater periphrastic timidity, the kiss of genital stimulation. — G. Legman, The Language of Homsexuality, p. 1170, 1941
- to say that all is well and that you have no problems US
- — Rose Giallombardo, Society of Women, p. 209, 1966: Glossary of Prison Terms
▶ kiss arse; kiss ass
to behave subserviently UK
A figurative use of perhaps the most demeaning act that one human can demand another to perform. Mediaeval engravings show devil-worshippers pledging their utter subservience to Satan by lifting his goat-tail and kissing his backside; at that time both “kiss” and “arse” were conventionally available to describe such an activity.- — Collin Baker et al., College Undergraduate Slang Study Conducted at Brown University, p. 148, 1968
- So Sensira did a couple of farting little one-off gigs with the Grams, kissed their arses and humped their gear. — Kevin Sampson, Powder, p. 7, 1999
▶ kiss butt
to behave subserviently US, 2001
A variation of KISS ARSEkiss goodbye
to concede defeat; to accept an involuntary loss US, 1906- It’s my experience that once a mug’s been taken by the corner game [a con trick] he’s kissed his dough goodbye. — Charles Raven, Underworld Nights, p. 91, 1956
▶ kiss Mary
to smoke marijuana US- — Current Slang, p. 32, Fall 1968
▶ kiss the couch
to die AUSTRALIA- — Ned Wallish, The Truth Dictionary of Racing Slang, p. 44, 1989
▶ kiss the eighth pole
in horse racing, to finish far behind the leader US- — Tom Ainslie, Ainslie’s Complete Guide to Thoroughbred Racing, p. 334, 1976
▶ kiss the fish
to smoke hashish US- — Eugene Landy, The Underground Dictionary, p. 116, 1971
▶ kiss the porcelain
to vomit US- Joe Castillo tried it and kissed the porcelain at once. — Joseph Wambaugh, Lines and Shadows, p. 150, 1984
▶ kiss the toe
to drink a shot of Yukon Jack whisky in a single gulp, in a glass containing a pickled human toe CANADA- A pair of premiers have kissed the toe. Manitoba’s Doer and BC’s Campbell became members of the Sourtoe Cocktail Club in Dawson City. The tradition began in 1973, when a Dawson resident found a rumrunners’s frostbitten, mummified toe and made the drink. — Toronto Globe and Mail, p. A10, 7 June 2002
▶ kiss your ass goodbye
to concede defeat, to lose all hope of success or survival US- But when the government has it in for you, you can kiss your ass goodbye. — Howard Stern, Miss America, p. 435, 1995
▶ kiss your sister
in poker, to come out even in a game US- — John Vorhaus, The Big Book of Poker Slang, p. 25, 1996
▶ kiss your teeth
to make a scornful sound JAMAICA- — Peter Patrick, Some Recent Jamaican Creole Words, 2003
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