Buss

/bʌs/ · noun

Meaning

(archaic) A kiss..

Definitions by Sense

1. (archaic) A kiss.
2. (transitive, now often poetic or dialectal) To kiss (either literally or figuratively).
3. (intransitive) To kiss.
4. A herring buss, a type of shallow-keeled Dutch fishing boat used especially for herring fishing.
5. Archaic form of bus (“passenger vehicle”).
6. (slang) Alternative form of bussing (“enjoyable, delicious”)
7. (slang, archaic) A blunderbuss.

Example Sentences

Here he gave Jones a hearty buss, shook him by the hand, and took his leave.

I will thinke thou smil'st, And busse thee as thy wife.

'I take the privilege, Mistress Ruth, of saluting you.' ...And therewith I bussed her well.

As the repatriated explorer dodges down to buss the earth […] he is so thoroughly caught up in the rhapsody of the moment that he fails to take into account the traffic behind him.

Sam...really was six-ten and his head bussed the ceiling.

In the faint glow of a single blue bulb hanging from a clothesline they bussed and fondled.

the Dutch whalers and herring busses

1838, Charles Dickens, "Omnibuses", Sketches by Boz We will back the machine in which we make our daily peregrination from the top of Oxford-street to the city, against any buss on the road, whether it be for the gaudiness of its exterior, the perfect simplicity of its interior, or the native coolness of its cad.

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Word Forms

• busses
• bussing
• bussed

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