kisser

Agent noun of kiss: from kiss +‎ -er.

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈkɪsɚ/
• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈkɪsə(ɹ)/

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• Rhymes: -ɪsə(ɹ)

kisser (plural kissers)

1. One who kisses.

   Synonym: pasher

   She's a great kisser!

2. (slang) Mouth.
   • 1918, Ralph Selwood Kendall, Benton of the Royal Mounted, New York: Grosset & Dunlap, page 121:

     Get yore handkerchief ready, an' run out an' cram it into his kisser an' choke th' —— if he starts in to holler.

3. (slang) Face.
   • 1999, Karen Shenfeld, “Fanny Brice 1891-1951,”, in The Law of Return, Guernica, →ISBN, page 18:

     Not a pretty kisser,
     but so mobile those
     drawn-on brows, bulging
     peepers green as dill,
     cock-eyed grin,
     the It Girls lost it
     beside her.

4. The kissing gourami.
5. (archery) A button on a bowstring that indicates consistent height when drawing a bow, for example by being placed against the archer's mouth .

• “kisser”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
• "kisser" in Merriam-Webster's Online Dictionary, © 2006-2007 Merriam-Webster, Incorporated.

• Kisers, Riskes, Serkis, krises, skiers, skries

From Arabic كَسَّرَ (kassara).

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɪs.sɛr/

kisser (imperfect jkisser, past participle mkisser, verbal noun tiksir)

1. to smash, to shatter, to crush
2. to train (someone) intensively