buss
A herring buss, a type of shallow-keeled Dutch fishing boat used especially for…A herring buss, a type of shallow-keeled Dutch fishing boat used especially for herring fishing.
» The busses are especially crowded during rush hour.
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3 sensesA herring buss, a type of shallow-keeled Dutch fishing boat used especially for herring fishing.
(archaic)A kiss.
(archaic, slang)A blunderbuss.
- the act of caressing with the lips (or an instance thereof)
Examples
5 sentencesThe busses are especially crowded during rush hour.
These tables need to be bussed.
Double-deck busses are popular in tourist destinations.
Sami came off the buss.
Tom bussed people to the capital to try to overturn a free and fair election.
Origin
Uncertain. First attested in the 1560s. Possibly from Proto-Indo-European *bʰus- (“lip, toUncertain. First attested in the 1560s. Possibly from Proto-Indo-European *bʰus- (“lip, to kiss”) via Proto-Germanic *busaną (compare German bussen), but in any case imitative of kissing. Compare Welsh bus (“kiss, lip”) and Irish bus (“lips, mouth”) (both may have influenced English), Persian بوس (bus, “kiss”), Latvian buča (“kiss”), Latin basium (“kiss”).
Borrowed from Dutch buis.
Clipping of blunderbuss.
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Forms
plural: bussesSynonyms
2 synonyms- the act of caressing with the lips (or an instance thereof):kissosculation