kissing

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɪs.ɪŋ/

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From Middle English kissynge, from Old English cyssende, from Proto-Germanic *kussijandz, equivalent to kiss +‎ -ing. Cognate with Saterland Frisian küsjend, Dutch kussend, German Low German küssend, German küssend, Swedish kyssande, Icelandic kyssandi.

kissing

1. present participle of kiss

kissing (not comparable)

1. That kisses.
2. Just touching.

From Middle English kissynge, kyssynge, kessinge, equivalent to kiss +‎ -ing. Compare Old English cossettung (“kissing”).

kissing (countable and uncountable, plural kissings)

1. The act of giving a kiss.
   • 1844, Catharine Maria Sedgwick, Tales and Sketches:

     There began to be some movement preparatory to the resumption of our journey, and, after many huggings and kissings, the family parted, and the wagon drove off […]

kissing

1. Alternative form of kissynge