Osculate

1. (v. t.) To touch closely; to kiss.

2. (v. t.) To touch closely, so as to have a common curvature at the point of contact. See Osculation.

3. (v. i.) To kiss one another; to kiss.

4. (v. i.) To touch closely. See Osculation, 2.

5. (v. i.) To have characters in common with two genera or families, so as to form a connecting link between them; to interosculate. See Osculant.

Thesaurus Entries

blow a kiss, brush, brush by, bus, buss, caress, come in contact, contact, glance, graze, hit, impinge, kiss, lip, nudge, peck, rub, scrape, shave, sideswipe, skim, skirt, smack, smooch, squeak by, touch