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lip

noun
\ ˈlip How to pronounce lip (audio) \

Definition of lip

 (Entry 1 of 4)

1 : either of two fleshy folds that surround the mouth in humans and many other vertebrates and are organs of human speech essential to certain articulations also : the red or pinkish margin of the human lip
2 slang : back talk
3a : a fleshy edge or margin (as of a wound)
b : labium
c : labellum sense 1
d : a limb of a labiate corolla
4a : the edge of a hollow vessel or cavity
b : a projecting edge: such as
(1) : the beveled upper edge of the mouth of an organ flue pipe
(2) : the sharp cutting edge on the end of a tool (such as an auger)
(3) : a short spout (as on a pitcher)
c : edge sense 2
5 : embouchure

lip

adjective

Definition of lip (Entry 2 of 4)

1 : insincere lip praise
2 : produced with the participation of the lips : labial lip consonants

lip

verb
lipped; lipping

Definition of lip (Entry 3 of 4)

transitive verb

1 : to touch with the lips especially : kiss
2 : utter
3 : to lap against : lick
4 : to hit (a putt) so that the ball hits the edge of the cup but fails to drop in —usually used with out

intransitive verb

: to hit the edge of the cup without dropping in —used with out the putt lipped out

lip-

combining form
variants: or lipo-

Definition of lip- (Entry 4 of 4)

: fat : fatty tissue : fatty lipoid lipoprotein
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Other Words from lip

Noun

lipless \ ˈlip-​lÉ™s How to pronounce lipless (audio) \ adjective
liplike \ ˈlip-​ËŒlÄ«k How to pronounce liplike (audio) \ adjective

Examples of lip in a Sentence

Noun

 He had a cut on his lip. She was nervously biting her lip. the lips of a wound the lip of a crater the lip of a pitcher

Adjective

 part of the ritual of the awards ceremony is the nominee's lip praise for the performances of his or her competitors

Verb

 the waves, reflecting the red glow of the sunset, gently lipped the prow
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Recent Examples on the Web: Noun

 Last night, model Gigi Hadid and her rumored beau, Tyler Cameron, reportedly locked lips at the MTV VMAs after-party in New York City. — Chelsey Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR, "Gigi Hadid and Tyler Cameron Flash Some PDA at the VMAs After-Party," 27 Aug. 2019 Xerxes is depicted as an androgyne sybarite, his brooding eyes rimmed with kohl, his lips, nose, and ears all pierced with rings linked by delicate golden chains. — Myke Cole, The New Republic, "The Sparta Fetish Is a Cultural Cancer," 1 Aug. 2019

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