kisser

Etymology

Agent noun of kiss: from kiss + -er.

noun

  1. One who kisses.
    She's a great kisser!
  2. (slang) Mouth.
    Get yore handkerchief ready, an' run out an' cram it into his kisser an' choke th' —— if he starts in to holler. 1918, Ralph Selwood Kendall, Benton of the Royal Mounted, New York: Grosset & Dunlap, page 121
  3. (slang) Face.
    Not a pretty kisser, but so mobile those drawn-on brows, bulging peepers green as dill, cock-eyed grin, the It Girls lost it beside her. 1999, Karen Shenfeld, “Fanny Brice 1891-1951,”, in The Law of Return, Guernica, page 18
  4. The kissing gourami.
  5. (archery) A button on a bowstring that indicates consistent height when drawing a bow, for example by being placed against the archer's mouth .

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