dict_dl/en_MerriamWebster/kis_MW.json

{
  "kismet":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": fate sense 1":[],
      ": fate sense 2a":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "he always said that it was kismet that they met at a showing of their favorite movie",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Luckily, grace wasn\u2019t exactly a character trait for Mia Thermopolis, so the would-be embarrassing moment turned out to be cinematic kismet . \u2014 Emily Tannenbaum, Glamour , 29 July 2021",
      "Named for their skin colour and shapely bodies, Caramel Curves found being the latest ambassadors for Savage x Fenty a kismet pairing. \u2014 Hanna Phifer, refinery29.com , 20 Aug. 2021",
      "Luckily, grace wasn\u2019t exactly a character trait for Mia Thermopolis, so the would-be embarrassing moment turned out to be cinematic kismet . \u2014 Emily Tannenbaum, Glamour , 29 July 2021",
      "Luckily, grace wasn\u2019t exactly a character trait for Mia Thermopolis, so the would-be embarrassing moment turned out to be cinematic kismet . \u2014 Emily Tannenbaum, Glamour , 29 July 2021",
      "Luckily, grace wasn\u2019t exactly a character trait for Mia Thermopolis, so the would-be embarrassing moment turned out to be cinematic kismet . \u2014 Emily Tannenbaum, Glamour , 29 July 2021",
      "Even more kismet was that the Loewe show was due to come out on March 5th, the same day that Steel\u2019s book was published. \u2014 Liana Satenstein, Vogue , 5 Mar. 2021",
      "This kismet , along with Hearst\u2019s dedication to promoting environmental responsibility in the fashion industry, put her at the top of the list of contenders. \u2014 Barry Samaha, Harper's BAZAAR , 7 Dec. 2020",
      "Replicating the kismet of chance encounters and meaningful glances is tech's next challenge. \u2014 Steven Levy, Wired , 18 June 2020"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1834, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Turkish, from Arabic qisma portion, lot":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8kiz-\u02ccmet",
      "-m\u0259t"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "circumstance",
      "destiny",
      "doom",
      "fate",
      "fortune",
      "lot",
      "portion"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-040234",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "kiss":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a bite-size piece of candy often wrapped in paper or foil":[],
      ": a caress with the lips":[
        "a range of kisses from a passionate embrace to a friendly peck"
      ],
      ": a gentle touch or contact":[],
      ": a small drop cookie made of meringue":[],
      ": an expression of affection":[
        "sent him kisses in her letter"
      ],
      ": leave":[],
      ": to act obsequiously especially to gain favor":[],
      ": to act obsequiously toward one especially to gain favor":[],
      ": to come in gentle contact":[],
      ": to curry favor with":[],
      ": to resign oneself to the loss of":[],
      ": to salute or caress one another with the lips":[],
      ": to touch gently or lightly":[
        "wind gently kissing the trees"
      ],
      ": to touch with the lips especially as a mark of affection or greeting":[
        "kissed his wife goodbye"
      ]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Verb",
      "They kissed each other passionately.",
      "She kissed him good night.",
      "I'll never forget the night we first kissed .",
      "When he got off the plane he knelt down and kissed the ground.",
      "The tree's branches kissed the ground below.",
      "Noun",
      "He gave her a kiss on the cheek.",
      "She greeted him with a hug and a kiss .",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "Karen planted soft kisses on Laura's ears and the back of her neck while Karl kissed her shoulders, then continued toward her clavicle. \u2014 Davy Rothbart, GQ , 18 July 2017",
      "Busch and his team would love to pose for more pictures kissing the bricks at IMS following Sunday\u2019s race. \u2014 Clifton Brown, Indianapolis Star , 17 July 2017",
      "Then, within days of the debate, multiple women came forward to accuse Trump of having groped or kissed them without their consent. \u2014 Joshua Green, Daily Intelligencer , 9 July 2017",
      "The trainer turns and kisses one of the man-eaters on the nose. \u2014 Holly Millea, Smithsonian , 29 June 2017",
      "His wife walked up to the stage, hugged and kissed him. \u2014 Maxine Bernstein, OregonLive.com , 6 July 2017",
      "In another Instagram, Chyna is kissing a man who is not Rob. \u2014 Tess Koman, Cosmopolitan , 5 July 2017",
      "Read as a mama kangaroo hops her joey off to bed, while baby bats wake up to play, and a human Mama kisses her baby goodnight. \u2014 South Florida Parenting , 3 July 2017",
      "With the last one gone, Taba kisses the empty floor. \u2014 Holly Millea, Smithsonian , 29 June 2017",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "And after Nas finished his performance, the kiss allegedly left certain network producers upset. \u2014 Ethan Millman, Rolling Stone , 26 June 2022",
      "Musgraves\u2019 version was stripped back to piano and vocals, which is heard as the couple kiss . \u2014 Jazz Tangcay, Variety , 25 June 2022",
      "In fact, the kiss was met with pushback inside the studio and had initially been cut from the film, according to the Hollywood Reporter. \u2014 Harmeet Kaur, CNN , 23 June 2022",
      "The kiss is a greeting and a gesture of love that is tender. \u2014 Benjamin Vanhoose, PEOPLE.com , 23 June 2022",
      "The kiss at the end of the second date was marginally better. \u2014 Carolyn Hax, Washington Post , 23 June 2022",
      "The sweet and gently bitter kiss of vermouth and Campari is offset by roast and anis courtesy of fennel, coffee and licorice. \u2014 Brad Japhe, Forbes , 21 June 2022",
      "But in this case, the ending kiss did what it was supposed to do! \u2014 Ineye Komonibo, refinery29.com , 19 June 2022",
      "The on-screen gay kiss is the first-ever for Pixar. \u2014 Ariana Garcia, Chron , 17 June 2022"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1":"Verb"
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English, from Old English cyssan ; akin to Old High German kussen to kiss":"Verb"
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8kis"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "smooch"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-211046",
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "kiss and make up":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": to become friendly again after a fight or disagreement":[
        "It's time for the mayor and the police chief to kiss and make up ."
      ]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-081031",
    "type":[
      "idiom"
    ]
  },
  "kiss of life":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": artificial respiration by the mouth-to-mouth method":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1961, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-191627",
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "noun phrase"
    ]
  },
  "kiss of peace":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a ceremonial kiss, embrace, or handclasp used in Christian liturgies and especially the Eucharist as a sign of fraternal unity":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{
      "circa 1898, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-200239",
    "type":[
      "noun phrase"
    ]
  },
  "kiss off":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": to dismiss usually lightly":[
        "kisses the other performers off as mere amateurs"
      ]
    },
    "examples":[
      "kisses off every girlfriend with the line, \u201cIt's not you\u2026it's me\u201d",
      "a chef who airily kisses off the cuisine of his rivals as homey comfort food",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The song, the title track of the band's latest album, bounded across the stage with a rousing shanty melody, fitting a need to tell the past two years to kiss off , and to revel in the power of live music \u2014 at least for a few moments. \u2014 Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 17 Sep. 2021",
      "Mayor Jack Young told them to kiss off and then ate a $10 million fee to overhaul the city's networks and $8 million to write off unpaid taxes and other fees while computers were down. \u2014 Timothy L. O\u2019brien Bloomberg Opinion, Star Tribune , 14 May 2021",
      "All that said, Newsom would be foolish to kiss off the threat. \u2014 George Skelton, Los Angeles Times , 28 Dec. 2020",
      "Ten minutes later, Akindele spun around a defender and took a shot of his own from the top of the box, but once again the ball kissed off the bar. \u2014 Julia Poe, Pro Soccer USA , 23 July 2019",
      "The Cavs beat the Raptors, 105-103, when James' runner kissed off the glass. \u2014 Joe Vardon, cleveland.com , 6 May 2018",
      "The Twins are just a game back and, with the East and West divisions both top-heavy, Cleveland can more or less kiss off the wild card already. \u2014 Gabe Lacques, USA TODAY , 22 May 2018",
      "Third, Sheader and his designers, Tom Scutt and Lee Curran, kiss off the retro camp, which usually attaches itself to this material like kudzu. \u2014 Chris Jones, chicagotribune.com , 29 Apr. 2018",
      "But in a second video, Queen Sof\u00eda is seen kissing Princess Leonor\u2019s forehead, and Queen Letizia wipes the kiss off . \u2014 Lisa Ryan, The Cut , 5 Apr. 2018"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "circa 1935, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "blow off",
      "break off (with)",
      "ditch",
      "dump",
      "jilt",
      "leave"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-190613",
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "kiss-and-tell":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": telling details of private matters":[
        "kiss-and-tell autobiographies"
      ]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{
      "circa 1948, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8kis-\u1d4an(d)-\u02c8tel"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-195841",
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ]
  },
  "kissability":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": the quality or state of being kissable":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02cckis\u0259\u02c8bil\u0259t\u0113"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-050103",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "kissar":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a five-stringed lyre of northern Africa and Ethiopia":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "colloquial Arabic q\u012bs\u0101r (Arabic q\u012bth\u0101r )":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8kis\u0259(r)"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-135814",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "kisser":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": face":[],
      ": mouth":[],
      ": one that kisses":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Punch him in the kisser .",
      "angrily threw the unwanted valentine back in the would-be suitor's kisser",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Portly matron Margaret Dumont, the long-suffering straight woman to Marx Brothers hijinks, pranks, and gags, snapped on the set of upcoming A Night at the Opera and clocked the lead of the brother act, Groucho, across the kisser . \u2014 Rob Long, National Review , 31 Mar. 2022",
      "Kenny is biggest flirt, Maurissa is the best kisser (of toes, gross), and Serena and Joe are crowned Prom Queen and King. \u2014 Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com , 29 Sep. 2021",
      "Last seen\u2026 getting the boot from Katie's season of The Bachelorette for being a bad kisser . Hoping to meet: Abigail",
      "Also included is an animal detection autofocus, which will lock onto Fluffy or Fido\u2019s kisser for those cute-as-a-button shots. \u2014 Josh Max, Forbes , 13 May 2021",
      "Stashed inside the temple: a 42-foot-tall gilded statue of the deity Athena whose lips are allegedly modeled after Elvis Presley\u2019s kisser . \u2014 Andrew Nelson, WSJ , 23 Apr. 2021",
      "The moon, enraged, hits him right in the kisser and splits his lip. \u2014 Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker , 21 Dec. 2020",
      "Hendrickson hammered home the game-winner like a downward bazooka to the kisser . \u2014 Scott Springer, The Enquirer , 15 Nov. 2020",
      "Even the best kisser should keep their skills under wraps in public. \u2014 Bernadette Anat, Seventeen , 29 Sep. 2020"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1537, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8ki-s\u0259r"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "countenance",
      "face",
      "mug",
      "pan",
      "puss",
      "visage"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-173139",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "kissing bug":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": any of various large bloodsucking bugs and especially some assassin bugs (genus Triatoma ) including some capable of inflicting painful bites":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8kis-i\u014b-\u02ccb\u0259g"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "To keep kissing bugs away from your home, the CDC has a few tips for anxious bug-o-phobes. \u2014 Elizabeth Gulino, House Beautiful , 25 Apr. 2019",
      "Chagas disease is actually spread by triatomine bugs, aka kissing bugs . \u2014 Korin Miller, SELF , 28 Aug. 2018",
      "So far, a total of 11 species of kissing bugs have been spotted in the U.S. \u2014 the majority are concentrated in states along the U.S.-Mexico border. \u2014 Jennifer Earl, Fox News , 24 Aug. 2018",
      "The Hamers monitored a total of 18 movements in 11 kissing bugs . \u2014 Katherine J. Wu, Smithsonian , 9 July 2018",
      "These early successes may pave the way for tracking kissing bugs on a more global scale. \u2014 Katherine J. Wu, Smithsonian , 9 July 2018"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1899, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-190952"
  }
}