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Lippy

/ˈlɪpi/ · adjective

Meaning

(informal) Having prominent lips..

Definitions by Sense

  1. (informal) Having prominent lips.
  2. (informal) Having a tendency to talk back in a cheeky or impertinent manner.
  3. (uncountable) Lip gloss or lipstick; (countable) a stick of this product.
  4. (colloquial, chiefly in the plural) Diminutive of lip.
  5. (Scotland, historical) An old dry measure amounting to one quarter of a peck (for goods sold by weight, 1¾ pounds or about four-fifths of a kilogram); also, a container of that capacity.

Example Sentences

His eyes were large and prominent, his mouth wide and lippy, and as he bent over his books he emitted sundry low growls and grunts, plainly indicating that his temper was none of the sweetest.
Don't give me any lip! I don't like how lippy you've been acting lately! Clean your room.
No, it's [Tamil is] a happy, snappy, lippy, and loping lingo anyone can see just makes these guys happy to speak and hear.
I hesitated another moment, then followed her with a vow that I would walk out the instant she got lippy. If she wanted to fire me, fine, I'd go, but I'd be damned if I'd let her lay any crap on me.
His silence conceded the point. Either she'd gotten lippier down the years, or he was getting rusty. Both, probably.
In clothes, language, and manner, he's hip-hop ghetto meets Italian mobster. He's the lippiest, most foul-mouthed, most confrontational kid I've ever met and also one of the funniest.
Wouldn't it just be my luck to come across the lippiest desk nurse in the whole of Miami?
Like some kind of masonic handshake, Collie passed Vanya a tube of black lippie. She smeared it carelessly across her wide mouth and handed it to me. My parents would have a hissy fit if they knew I put on lipstick but they weren't around.

Synonyms for lippy

mouthycontrariousargumentativeinsolentforpet

Antonyms for lippy

Related Words

labiateliplikelipstickylabiatedbabber-lippedlabroselippedredlippedblubber-lippedpoutylashylabiallicorouslispylickylollipoplikelickerylipglossedlickerishlipsticked

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Frequently Asked Questions

What does lippy mean?

Lippy means (informal) Having prominent lips..

What is a synonym for lippy?

Common synonyms include mouthy, contrarious, argumentative, insolent.

What is the opposite of lippy?

The opposite depends on the specific sense.

How do you use lippy in a sentence?

His eyes were large and prominent, his mouth wide and lippy, and as he bent over his books he emitted sundry low growls and grunts, plainly indicating that his temper was none of the sweetest.

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