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Collocations for kiss - noun

ADJECTIVE

brief, quick, swift
lingering, long, slow
She leaned forward and placed a slow kiss on his forehead.
deep, hungry, passionate
big
hard
sloppy, wet
Tom planted a wet kiss on her cheek.
French
She gave him a French kiss.
gentle, light, soft
affectionate, loving, sweet, tender, warm
little
chaste, friendly, innocent
stolen
He contented himself with a stolen kiss as he leaned forward.
first
the girl who gave him his first kiss
final, last
Sarah left him with a final kiss on the cheek.
farewell, goodbye, goodnight

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VERB + kiss

give sb
He gave his daughter a gentle kiss on the forehead.
drop, lay, place, plant, press
He touched her cheek once more and laid a kiss on her forehead.
She planted a big kiss on his cheek.
steal
The children hid behind the bike shed to steal a kiss.
exchange, share
Brad and Sue exchanged a kiss.
return
She returned his kiss with passion.
accept, get, receive
Don't I get a kiss?
Mrs Davis received a kiss on the cheek from Jesse and said goodbye.
blow (sb)
As the train drew away he blew her a kiss.
shower sb with
I wanted to take him in my arms and shower him with kisses.
deepen

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kiss + VERB

deepen
His kiss deepened and became hungrier.
last
The kiss only lasted for a few moments.

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PREPOSITION

with a kiss
kiss on
He greeted her with a kiss on the cheek.
kiss to
She pressed a soft kiss to his cheek.

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PHRASES

hugs and kisses
We were greeted with hugs and kisses.

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Collocations for kiss - verb

ADVERB

gently, lightly
lovingly, softly, tenderly
deeply, fiercely, firmly, hard, hungrily, passionately, soundly
briefly, quickly
lingeringly, long, slowly
He kissed her long and hard on the mouth.
Brandon slowly kissed her lips.

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VERB + kiss

bend to, lean over to, stoop to
He bent to kiss her again.
try to
let sb

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PREPOSITION

on
She let him kiss her lightly on the cheek.

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PHRASES

kiss and cuddle (esp. BrE)
The love-struck pair have been spotted kissing and cuddling at parties.
kiss sb full on the lips, kiss sb full on the mouth
kiss sb goodbye, kiss sb goodnight
kiss goodbye to sth (figurative)
Well, you can kiss goodbye to your chances of promotion.

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Kiss is used with these nouns as the object:
baby, boyfriend, bride, cheek, forehead, girlfriend, lip, mouth, ring

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