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air kiss
noun
- a pursing of the lips in a pretended kiss, as when parting on the telephone or touching cheeks in greeting.
air kiss
noun
- a kissing gesture, esp one directed towards a person's cheeck, made without making physical contact
verb
- to make such a gesture towards a person
Word History and Origins
Origin of air kiss1
Example Sentences
The couple settled on an air kiss instead.
He signs off with an air kiss.
Some colleagues patted Cawthorn’s back and shook his hand before quickly stepping past him in that distinctly Washington version of the air kiss.
After years of getting dragged through the tabloids and trotted out on reality shows like one of her beloved show ponies, she is both restored to dignity by Thompson’s concerned embrace and pushed away with an air kiss.
"I am honored and so thrilled actually, and tickled to be here tonight to roast my husband, Nick Jonas, and his brothers, whose names I can never remember," Chopra said front and center, eliciting applause from the audience and an air kiss from the singer.
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