"indirect kiss" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: indirect kisses [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} indirect kiss (plural indirect kisses)
  1. The act of kissing an object that someone else kissed recently, symbolizing a kiss between the two people. Translations (touching one's lips to an object that someone else has touched their lips to): baiser indirect [masculine] (French), 間接キス (kansetsu kisu) (Japanese), oroka ankolaka (Malagasy)

Inflected forms

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