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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024lip /lɪp/USA pronunciation n. - Anatomy[countable] either of the two fleshy parts or folds forming the outside edges of the mouth.
- Usually, lips. [plural] these parts as organs of speech:[countable]The news was on everyone's lips.
- any edge or rim:[countable]the lip of the canyon wall.
- Anatomy[countable] any part or structure of the body that resembles a lip.
- Slang Termsimpudent talk:[uncountable]Don't give me any lip.
adj. [before a noun] - of or for the lips:lip salve.
Idioms- Idioms keep a stiff upper lip, [no object] to maintain a determined attitude when facing difficulty.
- Idioms smack one's lips, to indicate one's keen enjoyment, or that one is looking forward to something:He smacked his lips at the thought of salmon steaks.
lipped, adj.: thin-lipped. lip•py, adj., -pi•er, -pi•est. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024lip (lip),USA pronunciation n., adj., v., lipped, lip•ping. n. - Anatomyeither of the two fleshy parts or folds forming the margins of the mouth and functioning in speech.
- Usually, lips. these parts as organs of speech:I heard it from his own lips.
- a projecting edge on a container or other hollow object:the lip of a pitcher.
- Anatomya liplike part or structure, esp. of anatomy.
- any edge or rim.
- the edge of an opening or cavity, as of a canyon or a wound:the lip of the crater.
- Slang Termsimpudent talk;
back talk:Don't give me any of your lip. - Botanyeither of the two parts into which the corolla or calyx of certain plants, esp. of the mint family, is divided.
- Zoology
- a labium.
- the outer or the inner margin of the aperture of a gastropod's shell.
- Music and Dancethe position and arrangement of lips and tongue in playing a wind instrument;
embouchure. - Buildingthe cutting edge of a tool.
- Buildingthe blade, at the end of an auger, which cuts the chip after it has been circumscribed by the spur.
- Building(in a twist drill) the cutting edge at the bottom of each flute.
- Idioms bite one's lip or tongue, to repress one's anger or other emotions:He wanted to return the insult, but bit his lip.
- Slang Terms, Idioms button one's lip, to keep silent, esp., to refrain from revealing information:They told him to button his lip if he didn't want trouble.Also, button up.
- Idioms hang on the lips of, to listen to very attentively:The members of the club hung on the lips of the visiting lecturer.
- Idioms keep a stiff upper lip:
- to face misfortune bravely and resolutely:Throughout the crisis they kept a stiff upper lip.
- to suppress the display of any emotion.
- Idioms smack one's lips, to indicate one's keen enjoyment or pleasurable anticipation of:We smacked our lips over the delicious meal.
adj. - of or pertaining to the lips or a lip:lip ointment.
- characterized by or made with the lips:to read lip movements.
- superficial or insincere:to offer lip praise.
v.t. - to touch with the lips.
- Sport[Golf.]to hit the ball over the rim of (the hole).
- to utter, esp. softly.
- to kiss.
v.i. - to use the lips in playing a musical wind instrument.
- Slang Terms lip off, to talk impudently or belligerently.
- bef. 1000; Middle English lip(pe), Old English lippa; cognate with Dutch lip, German Lippe; akin to Norwegian lepe, Latin labium
- var. of lipo- 1 before a vowel:lipectomy, libase, lipemia.
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