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air-kissing (Dr.Off); hand kissing (OstrichReal1979); mwah (the sound of a quick kiss, especially an air kiss (=when your lips do not touch the other person) – often used humorously to suggest that someone is not sincere: Everybody was going ‘mwah' and ‘darling!' LDOCE Alexander Demidov); air kiss (a way of saying hello or goodbye to somebody by kissing them near the side of their face but not actually touching them. OALD Alexander Demidov); blown kiss (An air kiss, blown kiss, or thrown kiss is a ritual or social gesture whose meaning is basically the same as that of many forms of kissing. The air kiss is a pretence of kissing: the lips are pursed as if kissing, but without actually touching the other person's body. Sometimes, the air kiss includes touching cheek-to-cheek. Also, the gesture may be accompanied by the mwah sound. The onomatopoeic word mwah (i.e. "a representation of the sound of a kiss") has entered Webster's dictionary. WK Alexander Demidov); thrown kiss (WK Alexander Demidov) |
