"blow a kiss" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: en-au-blow a kiss.ogg Forms: blows a kiss [present, singular, third-person], blowing a kiss [participle, present], blew a kiss [past], blown a kiss [participle, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|blow<,,blew,blown> a kiss}} blow a kiss (third-person singular simple present blows a kiss, present participle blowing a kiss, simple past blew a kiss, past participle blown a kiss)
  1. (idiomatic) To kiss one's own hand, then blow on it in a direction towards the recipient. Tags: idiomatic Categories (topical): Love Related terms: throw a kiss, flying kiss Translations (kiss one's hand and blow towards the recipient): 給某人飛吻 /给某人飞吻 (gěi mǒurén fēiwěn) (Chinese Mandarin), een kushandje geven (Dutch), õhusuudlust saatma (Estonian), lähettää lentosuukko (Finnish), antaa lentosuukko (Finnish), einen Luftkuss geben (German), csókot dob (Hungarian), senda fingurkoss (Icelandic), póg a shéideadh (Irish), 投げキッスをする (nagekissu o suru) (Japanese), посыла́ть возду́шный поцелу́й (posylátʹ vozdúšnyj pocelúj) [imperfective] (Russian), öpücük göndermek (Turkish)

Inflected forms

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          "roman": "gěi mǒurén fēiwěn",
          "sense": "kiss one's hand and blow towards the recipient",
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          "sense": "kiss one's hand and blow towards the recipient",
          "word": "einen Luftkuss geben"
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          "sense": "kiss one's hand and blow towards the recipient",
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      "roman": "gěi mǒurén fēiwěn",
      "sense": "kiss one's hand and blow towards the recipient",
      "word": "給某人飛吻 /给某人飞吻"
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      "sense": "kiss one's hand and blow towards the recipient",
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      "sense": "kiss one's hand and blow towards the recipient",
      "word": "õhusuudlust saatma"
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      "sense": "kiss one's hand and blow towards the recipient",
      "word": "lähettää lentosuukko"
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      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "kiss one's hand and blow towards the recipient",
      "word": "antaa lentosuukko"
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      "sense": "kiss one's hand and blow towards the recipient",
      "word": "einen Luftkuss geben"
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      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "kiss one's hand and blow towards the recipient",
      "word": "csókot dob"
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      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "kiss one's hand and blow towards the recipient",
      "word": "senda fingurkoss"
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      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "kiss one's hand and blow towards the recipient",
      "word": "póg a shéideadh"
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      "sense": "kiss one's hand and blow towards the recipient",
      "word": "投げキッスをする"
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      "roman": "posylátʹ vozdúšnyj pocelúj",
      "sense": "kiss one's hand and blow towards the recipient",
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      "word": "посыла́ть возду́шный поцелу́й"
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      "sense": "kiss one's hand and blow towards the recipient",
      "word": "öpücük göndermek"
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