stage kiss

English

Noun

stage kiss (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.
   • 1930, Norman Lindsay, Redheap, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, published 1965, →OCLC, page 178:

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

Translations

Translations

• Portuguese: beijo técnico m