Buss vs Bussed - What's the difference?

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As verbs the difference between buss and bussed

is that buss is to kiss (either literally or figuratively) while bussed is (bus),.

As a noun buss

is (archaic) a kiss.

buss

English

Noun

(es)

(archaic) A kiss.

Here he gave Jones a hearty buss , shook him by the hand, and took his leave.

A herring buss, a type of shallow-keeled Dutch fishing boat used especially for herring fishing.

* Macaulay

The Dutch whalers and herring busses .

Synonyms

* See also

Verb

(es)

To kiss (either literally or figuratively).

* c. 1616 , Shakespeare, King John , (1623) iii, iv p35:

I will thinke thou smil'st, And busse thee as thy wife.

* 1982 , (TC Boyle), Water Music , Penguin 2006, p. 189:

As the repatriated explorer dodges down to buss the earth […] he is so thoroughly caught up in the rhapsody of the moment that he fails to take into account the traffic behind him.

* 2007 , Fiddlehead, Winter 61 :

Sam...really was six-ten and his head bussed the ceiling.

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.

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bussed

English

Verb

(head)

(bus),

(buss)

bus

English

(wikipedia bus)

Noun

(en-noun)

(automotive) A motor vehicle for transporting large numbers of people along roads.

An electrical conductor or interface serving as a common connection for two or more circuits or components.

(medical industry, slang) An ambulance.

Synonyms

* (vehicle) coach, loser cruiser, motorbus, omnibus * (electrical conductor) electrical bus, busbar, digit trunk

Derived terms

{{der3, booze bus , busbar , bus duct , bus lane , short bus , bus route , bus stop , bustitution , back end of a bus, look like the back end of a bus}}

Verb

(transitive, automotive, transport) To transport via a motor bus.

(transitive, automotive, transport, chiefly, US) To transport students to school, often to a more distant school for the purposes of achieving racial integration.

(intransitive, automotive, transport) To travel by bus.

(transitive, US, food service) To clear meal remains from.

He bussed tables as the restaurant emptied out.

(intransitive, US, food service) To work at clearing the remains of meals from tables or counters; to work as a busboy.

He’s been bussing for minimum wage.

Usage notes

The Canadian Oxford Dictionary only presents the spellings (buses), (busing), and (bused), implying that these are the predominant forms in Canada.

Derived terms

* (clear meal remains) busboy

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