Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to buss
Participle: bussed
Gerund: bussing
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | buss |
| you | buss |
| he;she;it | busses |
| we | buss |
| you | buss |
| they | buss |
Perfect
| I | have bussed |
| you | have bussed |
| he;she;it | has bussed |
| we | have bussed |
| you | have bussed |
| they | have bussed |
Past
| I | bussed |
| you | bussed |
| he;she;it | bussed |
| we | bussed |
| you | bussed |
| they | bussed |
Pluperfect
| I | had bussed |
| you | had bussed |
| he;she;it | had bussed |
| we | had bussed |
| you | had bussed |
| they | had bussed |
Future
| I | will buss |
| you | will buss |
| he;she;it | will buss |
| we | will buss |
| you | will buss |
| they | will buss |
Future Perfect
| I | will have bussed |
| you | will have bussed |
| he;she;it | will have bussed |
| we | will have bussed |
| you | will have bussed |
| they | will have bussed |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | buss |
| you | buss |
| he;she;it | buss |
| we | buss |
| you | buss |
| they | buss |
Perfect
| I | have bussed |
| you | have bussed |
| he;she;it | have bussed |
| we | have bussed |
| you | have bussed |
| they | have bussed |
Imperfect
| I | bussed |
| you | bussed |
| he;she;it | bussed |
| we | bussed |
| you | bussed |
| they | bussed |
Pluperfect
| I | had bussed |
| you | had bussed |
| he;she;it | had bussed |
| we | had bussed |
| you | had bussed |
| they | had bussed |
Conditional
Present
| I | would buss |
| you | would buss |
| he;she;it | would buss |
| we | would buss |
| you | would buss |
| they | would buss |
Perfect
| I | would have bussed |
| you | would have bussed |
| he;she;it | would have bussed |
| we | would have bussed |
| you | would have bussed |
| they | would have bussed |
Imperative
| you | buss |
| we | Let's buss |
| you | buss |
Verbs conjugated like 'buss'
abash,
abolish,
abroach,
accomplish,
accroach,
address,
admix,
admonish,
ado,
adpress,
affamish,
affix,
alloo,
amass,
ambush,
anguish,
annex,
appeach,
appears,
approach, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'buss'
bass,
boss,
bus,
bush,
busk,
bust,
busy,
cuss,
fuss,
muss,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- to kiss; to touch with the lips
- goozer, kiss, lallygag, lock lips, make out, osculate, play tonsil hockey, smooch, suck face, swap spit
- kiss
- smooch, smack, peck, lip, osculate
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. Uncertain. 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”).
2. Mainstream proposals like in The Free Dictionary have suggested it is a blend of old English dialect words bass (related to French baiser) and cuss (akin to kissen); perhaps compare puss. See: German, old spelling '
bussen', French '
baiser'.
Verbs referencing "buss"
Sranan
bosi, Dari
بوسیدن, Arabic
باس.
Sample Sentences
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I will thinke thou smil'st, And busse thee as thy wife. [c. 1596 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Life and Death of King Iohn”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene iv]:]
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'I take the privilege, Mistress Ruth, of saluting you.' ...And therewith I bussed her well. [1869, Richard Blackmore, Lorna Doone, page 1:]
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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. [1982, TC Boyle, Water Music, Penguin, published 2006, page 189:]
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Sam...really was six-ten and his head bussed the ceiling. [2007, Winter 61, Fiddlehead:]
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In the faint glow of a single blue bulb hanging from a clothesline they bussed and fondled. [2007, James Isaiah Gabbe, LaRue's Maneuvers, Chapter 10, LaRue, The Blue Light, p259-60]