buss

== English == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /bʌs/ (Northern England) IPA(key): /bʊs/ Homophones: Buss, bus Rhymes: -ʌs === Etymology 1 === Uncertain. First attested in the 1560s. Possibly from Proto-Indo-European *bʰus- (“lip, to kiss”) via Proto-Germanic *busaną (compare German bussen), but in any case imitative of kissing. Compare Welsh bus (“kiss, lip”) and Irish bus (“lips, mouth”) (both may have influenced English), Persian بوس (bus, “kiss”), Latvian buča (“kiss”), Latin basium (“kiss”). Mainstream proposals like in The Free Dictionary have suggested it is a blend of old English dialect words bass (related to French baiser) and cuss (akin to kissen); perhaps compare puss. ==== Noun ==== buss (plural busses) (archaic) A kiss. ===== Synonyms ===== (kiss): see Thesaurus:buss ==== Verb ==== buss (third-person singular simple present busses, present participle bussing, simple past and past participle bussed) (transitive, now often poetic or dialectal) To kiss (either literally or figuratively). (intransitive) To kiss. 2007, James Isaiah Gabbe, LaRue's Maneuvers, Chapter 10, LaRue, The Blue Light, p259-60: In the faint glow of a single blue bulb hanging from a clothesline they bussed and fondled. ===== Synonyms ===== See also Thesaurus:kiss ===== Descendants ===== Sranan Tongo: bosiAukan: bosiSaramaccan: bósi === Etymology 2 === Borrowed from Dutch buis. ==== Noun ==== buss (plural busses) A herring buss, a type of shallow-keeled Dutch fishing boat used especially for herring fishing. === Etymology 3 === ==== Noun ==== buss (plural busses) Archaic form of bus (“passenger vehicle”). 1838, Charles Dickens, "Omnibuses", Sketches by Boz We will back the machine in which we make our daily peregrination from the top of Oxford-street to the city, against any buss on the road, whether it be for the gaudiness of its exterior, the perfect simplicity of its interior, or the native coolness of its cad. === Etymology 4 === Clipping of bussing. ==== Noun ==== buss (plural busses) (slang) Alternative form of bussing (“enjoyable, delicious”) === Etymology 5 === Clipping of blunderbuss. ==== Noun ==== buss (plural busses) (slang, archaic) A blunderbuss. 1885, F. Claudius Armstrong, The Warhawk (page 39) By the immortal powers, if you had let Rory put a few slugs into the old buss, he'd have settled the baronet's hash altogether. === See also === === Anagrams === SSBU, USBs, subs == Estonian == === Etymology === Clipping of autobuss. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈb̥usʲː/, [ˈb̥usʲː] Rhymes: -usʲː Hyphenation: buss === Noun === buss (genitive bussi, partitive bussi) bus ==== Declension ==== ==== Compounds ==== === References === buss in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut) “buss”, in [EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009 == Faroese == === Noun === buss accusative singular of bussur genitive singular of bussur == Latvian == === Noun === buss m (1st declension) (slang) bus (vehicle) ==== Declension ==== ==== Synonyms ==== autobuss == Norwegian Bokmål == === Etymology 1 === Either a direct shortening of Latin omnibus (“for all”), dative plural of omnis (“all”), or from English bus, itself a shortening of the Latin word. ==== Noun ==== buss m (definite singular bussen, indefinite plural busser, definite plural bussene) bus (vehicle) Tar du buss til skolen? Do you get to school by bus? (literally: "do you take bus to the school?") Jeg gråter heller i en Mercedes enn på bussen, for å si det sånn. (Anne-Kat. Hærland) I'd rather cry in a Mercedes than on the bus, to put it that way. ===== Derived terms ===== ==== See also ==== omnibus bil === Etymology 2 === Uncertain, perhaps akin to butt, "blunt, thick, rounded". ==== Noun ==== buss m (definite singular bussen, indefinite plural busser, definite plural bussene) a quid of chewing tobacco ===== Usage notes ===== Rarely used. === References === “buss” in The Ordnett Dictionary “buss” in The Bokmål Dictionary. Douglas Harper (2001–2026), “bus”, in Online Etymology Dictionary. == Norwegian Nynorsk == === Etymology 1 === Either a direct shortening of Latin omnibus, "for all", dative plural of omnis, "all", or from English bus, itself a shortening of the Latin word. ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /bʉsː/ ==== Noun ==== buss m (definite singular bussen, indefinite plural bussar, definite plural bussane) bus (vehicle) Tek du buss til skulen? Do you get to school by bus? (literally: "do you take bus to the school?") Ein buss er eit kjøretøy som er utforma for å frakte ei mengd passasjerar over ein distanse på veg eller gate. (Buss from Nynorsk edition of Wikipedia) A bus is a vehicle designed to transport a group of passengers for a distance along a road or a street. ===== Derived terms ===== ==== See also ==== omnibus bil === Etymology 2 === Uncertain, perhaps akin to butt (“blunt, thick, rounded”) or bos (“rubbish, straws”). ==== Noun ==== buss m (definite singular bussen, indefinite plural bussar, definite plural bussane) a quid of chewing tobacco Synonym: skrå waste from sewing === Etymology 3 === Perhaps from Low German or Dutch, compare boezem and its English cognate and equivalent bosom. ==== Alternative forms ==== bus ==== Noun ==== buss m (definite singular bussen, indefinite plural bussar, definite plural bussane) The middel, curved part of a filled sail, fishing net or seine. === Etymology 4 === From Low German busse, "short case or ring of metal for lining of an axle, shaft or bolt". ==== Noun ==== buss m (definite singular bussen, indefinite plural bussar, definite plural bussane) a hopper in a mill an iron ring surrounding such a hopper === References === “buss” in The Ordnett Dictionary “buss” in The Nynorsk Dictionary. Douglas Harper (2001–2026), “bus”, in Online Etymology Dictionary. == Scots == === Noun === buss bush == Skolt Sami == === Etymology === (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) === Noun === buss bus ==== Inflection ==== == Swedish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /bɵs/ === Adjective === buss (not comparable) (dated) like an old friend att vara buss med någon to be an old friend of someone ==== Related terms ==== bussig === Interjection === buss command to a dog to attack: get, bite, catch buss på tjuven! get the thief! === Noun === buss c a bus, a vehicle to transport people. kommer inte bussen snart? doesn't the bus ever arrive? (computing) a bus an (old) soldier or sailor a portion of chewing tobacco han spottade ut bussen som han hade tuggat på he spat out the tobacco he'd been chewing ==== Declension ==== ==== Related terms ==== === References === “buss”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish) === Anagrams === subs