Word of The Day

Word of the Day

buss \BUS\, noun:
A kiss; a playful kiss; a smack.

transitive verb:
To kiss; especially to kiss with a smack.

Lucky guesser gets a buss upon his plucky kisser.
--William H. Gass, [1] Cartesian Sonata and Other Novellas

Exchange a random peace greeting during Mass with a stranger in the next pew and the odds are roughly one in fifty that you shake the hand or buss the cheek of a parishioner who has had at least one marriage voided by a diocesan tribunal.
--Robert H. Vasoli, [2] What God Has Joined Together

Buss is probably from Old English basse, from Latin basium, "kiss."