puss.
Peck; a light or dispassionate kiss performed with closed lips, used for example as a greeting or in non-sensual/non-sexual contexts.
Meaning & usage
Peck; a light or dispassionate kiss performed with closed lips, used for example as a greeting or in non-sensual/non-sexual contexts.
Where this word comes from
Disputed origin. Likely onomatopoeic.
A puddle, a plash.
Where this word comes from
Doublet of pussig, pusta, påse, pösa, and pysa. One theory is that it was borrowed from German Pfütze.
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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.