blow a kiss

Send affection airborne

To blow a kiss is to kiss your fingertips or palm, then blow toward someone as a gesture of affection from a distance.

It's a way of sending a kiss when you can't deliver one directly: She blew a kiss to her daughter from the train platform.

The gesture can be romantic, familial, or performative—celebrities blow kisses to crowds.

Related
  • mwahVocalized kiss sound
  • waveOscillating motion through medium
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  • gestureCommunicative body movement
  • smilePleased facial expression

love · hand · pucker · flirtation · lips · affection · fingers · mime · send · body language · catch · palm · goodbye · romance · greeting · admirer · flutter · breath

Categories
Opposites
physical distance in affection

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Touch with lips

embrace · hug · peck · hold close · cuddle

emotional valence of gesture

blow a kissgive the finger

Vulgar hand gesture

flip the bird · slap · turn one's back · give the cold shoulder · glare

greeting vs. departure

blow a kisswave hello

Family

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Familiarity
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Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G