different between kisser vs hisser

English

Etymology

Agent noun of kiss: from kiss +? -er.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?k?s?/
• Rhymes: -?s?(r)

Noun

kisser (plural kissers)

1. One who kisses.

   She's a great kisser!

   Synonym: pasher

2. (slang) Mouth.
   • 1918, Ralph Selwood Kendall, Benton of the Royal Mounted, Grosset & Dunlap, New York, p. 121:

     Get yore handkerchief ready, an' run out an' cram it into his kisser an' choke th' —— if he starts in to holler.

3. (slang) Face.
   • 1999, Karen Shenfeld, "Fanny Brice 1891-1951," in The Law of Return, Guernica, ?ISBN, p. 18:

     Not a pretty kisser,

     but so mobile those

     drawn-on brows, bulging

     peepers green as dill,

     cock-eyed grin,

     the It Girls lost it

     beside her.

4. The kissing gourami.
5. (archery) A button on a bowstring that indicates consistent height when drawing a bow, for example by being placed against the archer's mouth .

Translations

References

• “kisser” in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
• "kisser" in Merriam-Webster's Online Dictionary, © 2006-2007 Merriam-Webster, Incorporated.

Anagrams

• Kisers, Riskes, Serkis, krises, skiers, skries

Maltese

Etymology

From Arabic ???????? (kassara), intensive second stem of ??????? (kasara), whence Maltese kiser (“to break”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?k?ss?r/

Verb

kisser (imperfect jkisser, past participle mkisser)

1. to smash; to shatter; to crush

Conjugation

Related terms

• kiser
• nkiser
• tkisser

English

Etymology

hiss +? -er

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?h?s?(?)/

Noun

hisser (plural hissers)

1. One who hisses.

Anagrams

• Hersis, Hisers, Shiers, Shires, shiers, shires

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle Low German hissen, compare Italian issare.

Pronunciation

• ^{(aspirated h)} IPA^(key): /i.se/

Verb

hisser

1. to hoist, to raise

2. (reflexive) to rise through the ranks

Conjugation

Derived terms

• hisser les voiles

Descendants

• Catalan: hissar
• Portuguese: içar
• Spanish: izar

Further reading

• “hisser” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).