kissing ball
A hanging ornament, often used as a Christmas decoration, made by arranging plant…A hanging ornament, often used as a Christmas decoration, made by arranging plant parts, especially sprigs of holly or mistletoe, and evergreen leaves, into a ball shape.
Meaning
1 sensesA hanging ornament, often used as a Christmas decoration, made by arranging plant parts, especially sprigs of holly or mistletoe, and evergreen leaves, into a ball shape.
Origin
From kissing (noun) + ball (noun), from the custom of people kissing under the suspended oFrom kissing (noun) + ball (noun), from the custom of people kissing under the suspended ornament: see the 2001 quotation.
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Forms
plural: kissing balls| Singular | kissing ball |
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See also
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