"flying kiss" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: flying kisses [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} flying kiss (plural flying kisses)
  1. A symbolic kiss given by kissing one's own hand, then blowing on the hand in a direction towards the recipient. Translations (type of kiss given by kissing one's hand and blowing): 飛吻 (Chinese Mandarin), 飞吻 (fēiwěn) (Chinese Mandarin), kushand [feminine] (Dutch), õhusuudlus (Estonian), lentosuukko (Finnish), baiser volant [masculine] (French), Luftkuss (english: “air kiss”, any symbolic kiss from afar) [masculine] (German), bacio volante [masculine] (Italian), возду́шный поцелу́й (vozdúšnyj pocelúj) [masculine] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-flying_kiss-en-noun-rrmnfOT3 Disambiguation of "type of kiss given by kissing one's hand and blowing": 93 7
  2. An air kiss. Categories (topical): Love Related terms: blow a kiss
    Sense id: en-flying_kiss-en-noun-U4Qm8QeR Disambiguation of Love: 37 63 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 29 71

Inflected forms

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