butterfly kiss

plural butterfly kisses

1. Fluttering one's eyelashes against someone's skin.

   She worked her eyelashes and made butterfly kisses on my cheeks.

   1940, Raymond Chandler, Farewell, My Lovely

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   One of these was the butterfly kiss, given by fluttering the eyelashes against the skin of the recipient.

   2003, Jennifer J. Rombalski, A Personal Journey in Understanding Physical Touch as a Nursing Intervention, Journal of Holistic Nursing, March 2003, vol. 21, no. 1, (page 80)

2. A very light kiss.

   Then he felt a butterfly kiss settle upon his cheek.

   2009, Ivey Nance, There's Trouble Brewing, page 5

   1 more example

   Alexandros kisses her goodbye, a butterfly kiss on the lips, Aloé kisses her the same way. Beautiful child, Ethel thinks. Goodbye, Alexandros.

   2005, Christos H. Papadimitriou, Turing: A Novel about Computation, page 6