Crossword clues for buss
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Buss \Buss\, n. [OE. basse, fr. L. basium; cf. G. bus (Luther),
Prov. G. busserl, dim. of bus kiss, bussen to kiss, Sw. puss
kiss, pussa to kiss, W. & Gael. bus lip, mouth.]
A kiss; a rude or playful kiss; a smack.
--Shak.
Buss \Buss\ (b[u^]s), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bussed (b[u^]st); p.
pr. & vb. n. Bussing.]
To kiss; esp. to kiss with a smack, or rudely. ``Nor bussed
the milking maid.''
--Tennyson.
Kissing and bussing differ both in this,
We buss our wantons, but our wives we kiss.
--Herrick.
Buss \Buss\, n. [Cf. OF. busse, Pr. bus, LL. bussa, busa, G. b["u]se, D. buis.] (Naut.) A small strong vessel with two masts and two cabins; -- used in the herring fishery.
The Dutch whalers and herring busses.
--Macaulay.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"a kiss," 1560s; probably of imitative origin, as are Welsh and Gaelic bus "kiss, lip," French baiser "kiss" (12c., from Latin basiare), Spanish buz, German dialectal Buss.\n
Wiktionary
n. 1 (context archaic English) A kiss. 2 A herring buss, a type of shallow-keeled Dutch fishing boat used especially for herring fishing. vb. 1 (context transitive English) To kiss (either literally or figuratively). 2 (context intransitive English) To kiss.
WordNet
n. the act of caressing with the lips (or an instance thereof) [syn: kiss, osculation]
Wikipedia
Buss may refer to:
- Buss (surname), a family name
- Buß, another spelling for Buss, e.g. Martin Buß or Franz Josef Ritter von Buß
- Herring buss, a small fishing boat
- Kiss, the pressing of lips
- Buss Island, a phantom island of the Age of Exploration
- Bus (computing), also spelled buss
Buss is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
- David Buss (born 1953), evolutionary psychologist
- Frances Buss, British pioneer of women's education
- Henrique Adriano Buss, Brazilian footballer
- Jeanie Buss (born 1961), American sports executive; daughter of Jerry Buss
- Jerry Buss (1933–2013), American sports executive most famous as longtime owner of the Los Angeles Lakers
- Jim Buss (born 1959), American sports executive; son of Jerry Buss
- Johnny Buss (born 1956), American sports executive; oldest son of Jerry Buss
- Leo Buss, (born 1953) Yale University professor
- Robert William Buss, (1804–1875) artist and illustrator
- Tito Buss (1925–2013), Brazilian Roman Catholic bishop
Usage examples of "buss".
Hero Buss took her aside and said that under no circumstances should she agree to break up their group.
Hero Buss, Richard Becerra, and Orlando Acevedo stayed in the room with the double bed and the bunk bed, and five guards.
That night, while they were playing cards, Hero Buss noticed that one of the guards was wearing an expensive watch.
Another thing that perplexed Hero Buss was that their guns were not typical guerrilla weapons but the kind used for urban operations.
At first they were divided into two groups: Richard, Orlando, and Hero Buss in one house, Diana, Azucena, and Juan Vitta in another not far away.
Hero Buss, Richard Becerra, and Orlando Acevedo, who were in a nearby house, had fewer reasons for alarm.
Hero Buss told them that no German could live without beer, and on the next trip they brought him three cases.
Except for that incident, Hero Buss and Richard took everything as a joke to avoid bad feelings.
Richard and Orlando in one, Hero Buss and Juan Vitta in another, and Diana and Azucena in a third.
Vitta and Hero Buss heard the announcement in their prison and thought it the worst news possible.
Hero Buss again, this time to a good neighborhood, across the street from an aerobics school for women.
Once, in the middle of the night, the owner woke Hero Buss to ask for a loan because his wife had gone into labor and he did not have a penny to pay the hospital.
A journalist to the end, Hero Buss handed his camera to the first passerby and asked him to take a picture of his release.
Azucena gave her the letter in which Diana asked that she celebrate Christmas with her children, and Hero Buss telephoned, urging her to come to Cartagena so that they could talk in person.
Hero Buss had not seen Diana after the first week, but there had been a constant exchange of news among the guards and the people who ran the houses, which filtered down to the hostages, and he knew that Diana was well.