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Glasgow kiss

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

A sharp, sudden headbutt to the nose, usually resulting in a broken nose.

British, euphemistic, humorous

Examples

“In a Glasgow Kiss the hard head butted his huge nose, flattened it with a crunching sound […]”
“[…] the first white Yank glasses the first black Yank so I get in there and gave him the Glasgow kiss and that's that.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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