buss
Americannoun
noun
noun
Etymology
Origin of buss
First recorded in 1560–70; perhaps blend of obsolete bass “to kiss” (perhaps from or akin to obsolete French baiser “to kiss,” from Latin bāsiāre; basiate ( def. ) ) and obsolete cuss “to kiss” (cognate with German Kuss, Old Norse koss; replacing Middle English, Old English coss ); perhaps from Scottish bus “cheek, lip, mouth” ( puss 2 ( def. ) )
Example Sentences
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When we were done, we bussed our own tables and sorted our garbage from our recycling.
Not wishing to discard its "magnificent tubers" back into the fields, Osterland Agrar says it's set to have bussed around 500,000kg to Berlin, and other parts of Germany and Ukraine.
From BBC
He also says students are bussed between different sites to avoid inspections.
From BBC
Instead she was bussed over the border from Belarus into Lithuania with 51 other political prisoners.
From BBC
At the school where the Lions are based in the Melbourne suburbs, rugby posts had to be bussed in so the tourists could train.
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