stage kiss

noun

A kiss performed by actors on a stage, in a film, etc., thus simulating but lacking genuine romantic or sexual emotion.

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Meanings

nounstage kiss (plural stage kisses)

plural stage kisses

  1. A kiss performed by actors on a stage, in a film, etc., thus simulating but lacking genuine romantic or sexual emotion.

    "There's a stage kiss," she said. "I can't have my make-up ruined."

    1930, Norman Lindsay, Redheap, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, →OCLC, page 178

Translations

Portuguese beijo técnico
  • beijo técnicoTranslations
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APA

stage kiss. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stage%20kiss

MLA

“stage kiss.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stage%20kiss. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “stage kiss,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stage%20kiss.

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