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Definition of petted lip in English: petted lipnoun Northern Irish, Scottish A pouting and sullen expression. he was putting on a petted lip and acting like a disappointed child Example sentencesExamples - For all his achievements in the game, he is really just a big kid with a petted lip when things don't go his own way.
- People will be a bit miffed for a while and the petted lips will be out.
- The petted lip came out.
- A pantomime of stroppiness ensued, complete with petted lip.
- Instead of reacting like spoiled children with petted lips, they should start carefully considering the recurrent, anxious questions.
Origin Early 20th century: from dialect petted 'sulky', from pet2. |