buss
Meanings
Plural: busses
Noun
- the act of caressing with the lips (or an instance thereof)
- a vehicle carrying many passengers; used for public transport
- the topology of a network whose components are connected by a busbar
- an electrical conductor that makes a common connection between several circuits
- a car that is old and unreliable
- A kiss.
- A herring buss, a type of shallow-keeled Dutch fishing boat used especially for herring fishing.
- Archaic form of bus (“passenger vehicle”).
Verb
- touch with the lips or press the lips (against someone's mouth or other body part) as an expression of love, greeting, etc.
- send or move around by bus
- "The children were bussed to school"
- ride in a bus
- remove used dishes from the table in restaurants
- To kiss (either literally or figuratively).
- To kiss.
Origin / Etymology
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”).
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.
Synonyms
autobus, bus, bus topology, busbar, charabanc, coach, double-decker, heap, jalopy, jitney, kiss, motorbus, motorcoach, omnibus, osculate, osculation, passenger vehicle, snog
Scrabble Score: 6
buss is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL wordbuss is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
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