(v. t.) To kiss; esp. to kiss with a smack, or rudely.
(n.) A small strong vessel with two masts and two cabins; -- used in the herring fishery.
Example Sentences:
(1) To assess physiological and psychological states accompanying anabolic-androgenic steroid use, male weight lifters 1) were interviewed regarding their physical training and the patterns and effects of any drug use; 2) completed a written physical and medical history questionnaire, a Profile of Mood States questionnaire, and the Buss-Durkee Hostility Inventory; and 3) were physically examined, including a blood sample and urinalysis.
(2) Aggression was measured in terms of number of shocks given, shock intensity, and shock duration in a modified version of the Buss' aggression machine.
(3) If there's one thing this current Lakers squad, mostly assembled by Jerry Buss's son Jim while his father was ailing, has proven, it's that simply acquiring the best available players isn't enough to create a winning team, let alone a championship-caliber one.
(4) Some of these measures appeared to be lifted over the weekend, but as thousands trudged or bussed their way towards Austria and then Germany, the dismal scenes in Hungary will stain one administration’s human rights record – and perhaps the reputation of a nation.
(5) But as with the December vote, independent election monitors and opposition activists presented evidence of widespread falsifications, including ballot stuffing and "carousel voting" – packing vans with voters and bussing them to several polling sites to cast numerous votes.
(6) An experiment was performed to test whether thwarting close to the goal leads to higher levels of frustration and higher levels of aggression than thwarting far from the goal in a slightly modified version of the Buss' "aggression machine."
(7) He has also enlisted in an imaginative scheme, pioneered by the National, in which groups of in-patients are lodged in a specially designed hotel and bussed back each day for treatment.
(8) At one point, a group bussed in by the government smashed plastic chairs and overturned food trays as the campaigners sang and prayed.
(9) Jerry Buss always courted the best players, the big names who could shine in big games, no matter how much money it took to sign them, he transformed cheerleaders into " Lakers Girls " and made the courtisde seats the go-to place for all of the beautiful people to be seen.
(10) They were bussed to a medical centre to undergo treatment, NTV television said.
(11) Austria and Germany threw open their borders to thousands of exhausted refugees on Saturday, bussed to the Hungarian border by a rightwing government that had tried to stop them but was overwhelmed by the sheer numbers reaching Europe’s frontiers.
(12) Three hundred seventy-one male substance-abusing volunteers for drug studies were administered the Buss-Durkee Hostility Inventory (B-D).
(13) By the time Austria awoke on Saturday the first refugees had arrived, bussed out of the country overnight by Hungarian authorities happy to be rid of them the minute the Austrian and German governments took the momentous decision to throw open their borders.
(14) The volunteer group arrived early, at 3am, and were de-bussed by the coach company who had estimated a 5am time of arrival.
(15) Civilians were being steadily bussed to regime-held west Aleppo on Wednesday, with hundreds more displaced by fighting that has already driven thousands out of their homes in recent weeks.
(16) [LA Lakers owner] Jerry Buss takes money out of his club.
(17) There were reports, too, that Sunni insurgents have attempted to target convoys of Shia volunteers being bussed to the front lines north of the capital.
(18) Another solution suggested by the OFT is limiting services on certain routes to prevent "over bussing" where bus companies deluge a route with vehicles to shut out competitors.
(19) Twelve manipulation tactics were identified through separate factor analyses of two instruments based on different data sources: Charm, Reason, Coercion, Silent Treatment, Debasement, and Regression (replicating Buss et al., 1987), and Responsibility Invocation, Reciprocity, Monetary Reward, Pleasure Induction, Social Comparison, and Hardball (an amalgam of threats, lies, and violence).
(20) Of course, none of these added attractions would have mattered if the team didn't win, but under Buss's direction, the Lakers were one of the most successful franchises not just in the NBA, but in all of professional sports.
Puss
Definition:
(n.) A cat; -- a fondling appellation.
(n.) A hare; -- so called by sportsmen.
Example Sentences:
(1) The puss caterpillar, one of more than 50 species of caterpillars that can cause envenomation in the United States, is considered to be one of the most serious.
(2) The diagnosis was made in all cases isolating the microorganism from pulmonary secretions, puss, spinal fluid and blood.
(3) BBC4 is offering the Storyville documentary Pantomime, following the cast of a Nottingham amateur production of Puss in Boots.
(4) "I don't think for a moment that all of the puss has come out," he said.
(5) It would be interesting to explore the rich variety of pathology produced in us by moray eels, lionfish, sea urchins, jellyfish, sting rays, fire ants, kissing bugs, flies, lice, mosquitoes, ticks, mites, fleas, puss caterpillars, centipedes, snakes, dogs and cats, camels, and myriad other creatures including homo sapiens (not a trivial biter)--but for this grand rounds, the topic will simply be spiders (Part 1), bees and vespid (Part 2).
(6) We discuss the case of a 52-year-old woman who developed urticarial lesions after the acute envenomation of a puss caterpillar (Megalopyge opercularis).
(7) The cat was meant to sink its claws into human rights, but proved to be a puss who wasn't there.
(8) It may be moving into the history books, but Iraq is one ex-puss with a posthumous power to shock.
(9) The appropriately sour-pussed-titled Grumpy Cat's Worst Christmas Ever should be out in December, becoming part of the US TV network's canon of famous holiday specials .
(10) In 2013, Netflix commissioned more than 300 hours of original shows from Hollywood studio DreamWorks Animation, including Turbo F.A.S.T., Puss in Boots and King Julien.
(11) • On the other side of the Atlantic, Puss in Boots sees off the challenge of new arrivals Tower Heist and A Very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas to stay top of the US box office for the second week in a row, reports Jeremy Kay .