One of the most magical and intimate actions that any person can be on the receiving end of… is a kiss. However, a lot of people don’t know that there are several different types of kisses and neither do they know what each kiss means. If you come to think of it, you kiss all the different people in your life differently, even if they may be related to you in the same capacity.
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Here are the many different types of kisses, and what different kisses mean.
1. The forehead kiss
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A forehead kiss is where one lightly kisses the other person’s forehead, which can be shared between friends, relatives, and even lovers.
What it means: A forehead kiss is a sign of deep affection. It can also be a starter kiss for romantic feelings, if you aren’t feeling bold enough for a mouth-to-mouth yet.
2. The air kiss
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This is the kind of kiss popular among celebs and even high society people, where they kiss the air beside the other person’s cheek and utter a light “mwah.”
What it means: It is a light, friendly gesture, usually in formal settings.
3. A kiss on the hand
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One of the oldest, socially permissible types of kisses includes the kiss on the back of the hand, where you grab the fingers of the person in one hand and bring it to your lips to kiss it.
What it means: Earlier, it was associated with a sign of respect, chivalry, and admiration, but now, it is a cute way of showing affection and being kind to another person.
4. The single lip kiss
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In this type of kiss, you kiss just one lip of the other person, which might even involve a little bit of sucking.
What does it mean: This sort of a kiss gives out very strong romantic signals and can lead to better and bigger things amongst young lovers.
5. The classic French kiss
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The French kiss is one of the most classic kisses, entailing a lot of hot and passionate tongue and mouth action, and is usually a successor to a successful single lip kiss.
What it means: It couldn’t possibly mean anything other than a strong passionate urge towards your partner, with feels such as urgency, love, and need barely being contained in the process.
6. The Eskimo kiss
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An Eskimo kiss is not really a kiss, for the mouth is far from getting involved in the business. This type of a kiss happens when two individuals touch the tips of their noses and lightly rub it against one another.
What it means: This is a chaste and pure kind of kiss, full of affection, usually shared between mother and child, or friends, or lovers, symbolic of intense affection.
7. The lizard kiss
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This is the kind of kiss which is super intimate and can only be executed among lovers. Here the tongue goes in and out of each other’s mouth in rapid succession.
What it means: This kind of a kiss is generally considered sexual foreplay, as putting your tongue inside your lover’s mouth is the most intimate and primal of acts, considered to be a preceding act to sex.
8. The earlobe nibble
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This is the kind of kiss that makes you feel all hot and heavy because it involves a light nibble and pull to your earlobe. If things are feeling extra exciting, then it might even be promoted with a couple of sensuous tongue-swirls.
What it means: This might have two meanings – it might either be a playful nibble when you are feeling naughty, or it might also be sexual foreplay, because the ear is a sensitive organ, stimulation of which can get you horny in no time.
9. The eyelid kiss
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This gentle kiss entails a soft, almost feathery kiss on the other person’s closed eyelids. A kiss on the eyes is usually common between mother and child, and even friends.
What it means: An eyelid kiss usually signifies a deep bond, or a feeling of protection that the giver feels towards the recipient.
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10. The kiss on the cheek
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This is probably one of the first kinds of kisses you learn to give as a kid, and somehow, the meaning remains the same throughout your life. Of course, it is as simple as touching your lips to the other person’s cheeks.
What it means: A cheek kiss is a simple, friendly, intimate gesture for everyone, starting from children to adults.
11. The upside down kiss
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An upside kiss can be administered when your lover is lying on your lap, or when they are sitting somewhere below you. It might feel funny, but it is actually one of the more intimate types of kisses.
What it means: Popularly known as the ‘Spider-man kiss,’ this type of kissing usually means a hint of sensuality with a hint of naughtiness, making it a wholesome, nice, surprising, and satisfying kiss.
12. The long, unending kiss
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This is the kind of kiss which makes you lose track of time, because it involves everything, starting from mouth to tongue to nibbles.
What it means: These kind of kisses only occur between couples who are really comfortable with each other, so much so that they lose track of time while they are kissing, making it seem like one long, endless smooch.
13. The bruising vampire kiss
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The reason it is called a vampire kiss is because it involves a lot of biting and nibbling, more often than not leading to some hickeys getting left behind as evidence.
What it means: The vampire kiss can either be delivered as foreplay to sex, or as an afterthought to sex, making it either an initiator of passion, or the remnants of it.
14. The butterfly kiss
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A butterfly kiss happens when the two people about to kiss, are so close that their eyelashes touch and flutter against each other’s.
What it means: This type of kiss is usually executed when you are feeling fun and silly, and not really super passionate and sexy. It is very intimate nonetheless.
15. A peck
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A peck is a kiss that lasts about a millisecond, but can affect you tremendously because after all, a kiss can change your entire life. A peck can be shared between friends and parents and children and even lovers.
What it means: A peck is usually a symbol of friendship which can be shared between two completely romantically uninvolved people. However, if you are unable to forget the peck you shared with someone, you should go ahead and become more than just friends.
16. The jaw-line kiss
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This kind of kiss involves a number of passionate kisses along the jaw line of the other person, which is also a very sensual place for kissing.
What it means: You don’t normally kiss your friends along the jaw line. It is a very suggestive kiss, which should be restricted to people who you are really comfortable and really intimate with.
17. Playful kiss
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A playful kiss is one of the most adorable, intimate sorts of kisses out there, because it includes making funny faces, making funny sounds with your mouth, and basically being cute and goofy as hell. Pro tip: it makes for the greatest pictures.
What it means: It means that not only do you two love each other to death, you are also each other’s best friends.
18. The kiss of seduction
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The name says it all. It is perhaps the most suggestive kiss on the list, which can be executed with the help of some careful moves and targeting some choice places on the human anatomy to elicit the right reaction.
What it means: When you kiss someone suggestively, you want them to feel certain things in certain places so when someone kisses you seductively, it becomes pretty evident what they want.
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19. The foreign substances kiss
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Finally, one of the most sensational types of kisses is the foreign substances kiss, where the couple in question don’t think that three is a crowd and use a third object, apart from their mouths to enhance the effect of the kiss. This may include things like pieces of fruit like strawberries, or ice cubes or even things like cream and lip gloss.
What it means: If you are wondering what the meaning of these external inclusions might be to your kiss, then the simple answer is, your partner is feeling kinky. This is one of the more obvious and more creative ways of showing off you inner sex demon, and there are very few options apart from consummating after an elaborate foreplay like this.
These are the many different types of kisses and what they mean. However, kissing is still one of the most intimate actions that two people can perform, regardless of type and meaning.
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