air kiss


noun

a pursing of the lips in a pretended kiss, as when parting on the telephone or touching cheeks in greeting.

Origin of air kiss

First recorded in 1985–90

Example sentences from the Web for air kiss

  • The third air-kiss would bring to me, it seemed, Secrets from somewhere heard by none before.

    Life Immovable |Kostes Palamas

British Dictionary definitions for air kiss

air kiss

noun

a kissing gesture, esp one directed towards a person's cheeck, made without making physical contact

verb air-kiss

to make such a gesture towards a person