Dictionary entry

Buss (2)

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Buss (bŭs), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Bussed (bŭst); 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.