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Definition: Buss |
BussNoun1. A caress with the lips. Verb1. Touch with the lips or press the lips (against someone's mouth or other body part) as an expression of love, greeting, etc.; "The newly married couple kissed"; "She kissed her grandfather on the forehead when she entered the room". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "buss" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1595. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Literature | Buss To kiss. (Welsh, bus, the human lip; Gaelic, bus, the mouth; French, baiser, a kiss.) "You towers, whose wanton tops do buss the clouds, Must kiss their own feet." Shakespeare: Troilus and Cressida, iv. 5. Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
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Buss may relate of any of these:
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| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
BUSS | English | Buoy Underwater Sound Signal | N/A |
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Synonyms: BussSynonyms: osculation (n), kiss (v), osculate (v). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Courtesy | Obeisance; (reverence); bow, courtesy, curtsy, scrape, salaam, kotow, kowtow, bowing and scraping; kneeling; genuflection; (worship); obsequiousness; capping, shaking hands; Verb: grip of the hand, embrace, hug, squeeze, accolade, loving cup, vin d'honneur, pledge; love token; (endearment); kiss, buss, salute. |
Endearment | Embrace, salute, kiss, buss, smack, osculation, deosculation; amorous glances. |
Clasp, hug, cuddle; fold in one's arms, strain in one's arms; nestle, nuzzle; embrace, kiss, buss, smack, blow a kiss; salute; (courtesy); fold to the heart, press to the bosom. | |
Ship | Ship, bark, barque, brig, snow, hermaphrodite brig; brigantine, barkantine; schooner; topsail schooner, for and aft schooner, three masted schooner; chasse-maree; sloop, cutter, corvette, clipper, foist, yawl, dandy, ketch, smack, lugger, barge, hoy, cat, buss; sailer, sailing vessel; windjammer; steamer, steamboat, steamship, liner, ocean liner, cruisp, flap, dab, pat, thump, beat, blow, bang, slam, dash; punch, thwack, whack; hit hard, strike hard; swap, batter, dowse, baste; pelt, patter, buffet, belabor; fetch one a blow; poke at, pip, ship of the line; destroyer, cruiser, frigate; landing ship, LST; aircraft carrier, carrier, flattop, nuclear powered carrier; submarine, submersible, atomic submarine. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Buss |
| English words defined with "buss": Bussed, Bussing. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "buss": BUSS BEGGAR. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Buss" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. Norwegian (bus, motorbus), Swedish (bus, friend, motor coach, old campaigner, quid). |
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Lyrics | Rhymes I buss 'em, (You Gets No Love; performing artist: Faith Evans) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | The Ghost Story! : Dr. Jayne's Tonic Vermifuge. / R.W. Buss. The Major & Knapp Lith. Co. N.Y. Credit: National Library of Medicine. |
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| "Buss" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 85.71% of the time. "Buss" is used about 28 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (proper) | 85.71% | 24 | 71,196 |
| Noun (singular) | 7.14% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 3.57% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Noun (common) | 3.57% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 28 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "buss" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Buss | Last name | 3,000 | 4,032 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits. | |||
Expression using "buss": Buss disease. Additional references. | |
| Hypenated Usage | |
Ending with "buss": blunder-buss. | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
buss | 232 | buss y | 4 |
buss fuse | 118 | buss sex | 4 |
bang buss | 86 | buss line | 4 |
buss jeanie | 38 | bar buss copper | 4 |
buss bar | 37 | buss loop reactor | 4 |
jerry buss | 29 | bang buss gang | 4 |
buss jeannie | 19 | buss express norway | 4 |
buss resor | 17 | buss jeanie playboy | 4 |
david buss | 14 | buss ticket | 4 |
buss greyhound | 11 | buss jeanie nude | 4 |
buss ford | 10 | bait buss | 3 |
buss uppsala | 9 | buss roskilde | 3 |
buss säffle | 9 | buss speed | 3 |
buss svenska | 7 | buss jeannie picture | 3 |
buss greyhound line | 7 | buss hyllinge | 3 |
buss duct | 6 | buss saffle | 3 |
buss jeanie picture | 6 | buss tapanis | 3 |
buss slut | 6 | buss stockholm | 3 |
buss norway | 6 | bergen buss | 3 |
buss snack | 4 | martin buss | 3 |
buss front side | 4 | buss schedule | 3 |
buss swe | 4 | ||
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Translations for "buss"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | Puthje (kiss, necking, osculation, salute), Puth (caress, kiss, lip, osculate). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | Целувка, Целувам. (various references) | |
Czech | PolÃbit (kiss). (various references) | |
Danish | Buss-kneter (Buss-kneader, Ko-kneader), Ko-kneter (Buss-kneader, Ko-kneader). (various references) | |
Dutch | wormkneedmachine (Buss-kneader, Ko-kneader), Ko-kneder (Buss-kneader, Ko-kneader). (various references) | |
Finnish | yhteenvaivain (Buss-kneader, Ko-kneader), kokneetteri (Buss-kneader, Ko-kneader). (various references) | |
French | sérite transmissible (Buss disease), malaxeur Buss (Buss-kneader), maladie de Buss (Buss disease), Ko-malaxeur (Buss-kneader), encéphalomyélite sporadique du boeuf (Buss disease). (various references) | |
German | küssen (kiss, to buss, to kiss). (various references) | |
Greek | Φίλημα. (various references) | |
Hebrew | ׀שיק×". (various references) | |
Hungarian | Cuppanósat Csókol, Cuppanós Csók (smack, smacker). (various references) | |
Indonesian | mencium (osculate, sense, smack, smell). (various references) | |
Italian | SBE (Buss disease, Chlamydial encephalomyelitis, sporadic bovine encephalomyelitis, transmissible serositis), impastatrice Buss (Buss-kneader, Ko-kneader), encefalomielite bovina sporadica (Buss disease, Chlamydial encephalomyelitis, sporadic bovine encephalomyelitis, transmissible serositis). (various references) | |
Manx | paag (kiss), baa (cows, of a cow, playful kiss, smack). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | ussbay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | beijoca (smack, smacker), beijo sonoro (smacker), beijo (caress, kiss, osculation, smooch), beijar (kiss, lip, osculate), dar beijos. (various references) | |
Romanian | Sãrutare (kiss, smacker), Sãruta (kiss, lip, smack), Sãrut (kiss, osculation), Pupat, Pupa (kiss, stern), Guriţã (kiss), Gurã (aperture, armful, chops, entrance, gab, gossip, influx, issue, jaw, kisser, lip, lips, mouth, mouthful, muzzle, orifice, pestering, plug, row, scolding, sip, speech, spout, squabble, vent), Cioc (bang, beak, bill, click-clack, click-click, goatee, knock, mouth, nib, nose, nozzle, pecker, rostrum, sip, snout, spout, tuft). (various references) | |
Russian | Звонкий Поцелуй, Целовать. (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | poljubiti (kiss, lip, osculate, peck), poljubac (kiss, osculation, peck, smacker). (various references) | |
Spanish | Ko-amasadora (Buss-kneader, Ko-kneader), amasadora Buss (Buss-kneader, Ko-kneader). (various references) | |
Swedish | Kyss (kiss). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | Поцілунок, Цілувати. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "buss": bussed, busses, bussing, bussings. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "buss": blunderbuss. (additional references) | |
Words containing "buss": airbusses, autobusses, blunderbusses, microbusses, minibusses, motorbusses, omnibusses, railbusses, trolleybusses. (additional references) | |
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"Buss" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Baussy, bbcsso, bbss, bbus, bess, bisc, Biss, bks, Bosc, bossa, bosss, bossu, Boussa, Brusc, Bruss, bses, bss, bsso, bucs, Buess, Buesst, buis, buse, busi, buso, Bussi, Busst, bussy, buza, Buzu, uss, ussf, wuss, xbus, zuss. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "buss" (pronounced bu"s) |
| 3 | b u" s | bus. |
| 2 | -u" s | cuss, discuss, fuss, plus, pus, suss, thus, truss, us, wuss. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: subs. | |
| Words within the letters "b-s-s-u" | |
-1 letter: bus, sub. | |
-2 letters: us. | |
| Words containing the letters "b-s-s-u" | |
+1 letter: buses, busks, busts, slubs, snubs, stubs, subas. | |
+2 letters: abuses, bosuns, bouses, bursas, burses, bursts, bushes, busies, bussed, busses, byssus, scrubs, scubas, sebums, shrubs, slurbs, squabs, squibs, subahs, subers, subsea, subset. | |
+3 letters: absurds, abusers, ausubos, babassu, basques, bejesus, bemuses, besmuts, bestuds, bisques, blouses, blushes, boluses, bonuses, bosques, bourses, bruises, brushes, budless, bugloss, bugshas, buqshas, burgess, bursars, busbars, busbies, busboys, bushels, bushers, bushwas, busiest, busings, buskers, buskins, bussing, busters, bustics, bustles, cubisms, cubists, disbuds, rebuses, rubasse, sacbuts, sagbuts, samburs, soubise, subbase, subbass, subdebs, subdues, subfusc, subgums, sublets, sublots, submiss, submits, subnets, suborns, subsale, subsect, subsere, subsets, subside, subsidy, subsist, subsite, subsoil, subsume, subtask, subtest, suburbs, subways, sunbows, surbase, tubists. | |
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