Lip

Quick meaning: Lip is a noun meaning (countable) Either of the two fleshy protrusions around the opening of the mouth.

Meaning

(countable) Either of the two fleshy protrusions around the opening of the mouth.

More Meanings

1. (countable) A part of the body that resembles a lip, such as the edge of a wound or the labia.
2. (by extension, countable) The projecting rim of an open container or a bell, etc.; a short open spout.
3. The edge of a high spot of land.
4. The sharp cutting edge on the end of an auger.
5. (botany) One of the two opposite divisions of a labiate corolla.
6. (botany) A distinctive lower-appearing of the three true petals of an orchid.
7. (slang, uncountable) Backtalk; verbal impertinence.

Example Sentences

Don’t give me any lip!

[…]thine owne lippes teſtifie againſt thee.

Kevin Sutherland: I've had enough of your lip!

[…]I twiſted my thighs, ſqueezed, and compreſs’d the lips of that virgin-ſlit[…]

Word Forms

• lips
• lipping
• lipped
• lipt

Synonyms for lip

Depending on context, synonyms include labium, edge, rim, spout, backchat, cheek.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include mouth, rim, brim, sass, backtalk, sassing.

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