lipˈ-read intransitive verb

lipˈ-reader noun

lipˈ-readˈing noun

Gathering what a person says by watching the movement of his or her lips

lipˈ-rounding noun (phonetics)

Rounding of the lips, as in pronouncing o

lipˈsalve noun

1. Ointment for the lips, esp to prevent chapping
2. Blandishment

lip service noun

1. Insincere praise or worship
2. Professed, not real, respect or loyalty

lipˈ-smacking adjective (informal)

Delicious, appetizing

lipˈstick noun

A short stick of cosmetic colouring for the lips

transitive verb and intransitive verb

To paint with (a) lipstick

lipstick lesbian noun

1. A lesbian with a conventionally feminine appearance
2. A heterosexual woman who experiments briefly with lesbianism

lip-sync or lip-synch /lipˈsingk/ noun

1. The synchronization of lip movements with already recorded sound, esp by singers making television appearances
2. The synchronization of the voice with already filmed lip-movements (in dubbing; also transitive verb and intransitive verb)

lipˈ-syncer or lipˈ-syncher noun

bite one's lip

1. To do this to show annoyance or disappointment
2. To repress laughter, tears, an angry retort, etc

hang on someone's lips

To listen eagerly to all that someone has to say

in Lipsburie pinfold (Shakespeare)

Perh between the teeth

(keep) a stiff upper lip

(to show) resolution, with no yielding to emotion

lip out (golf)

To hit the rim of the hole and not fall in

make a lip (Shakespeare)

To pout in sullenness or derision

smack one's lips

To bring the lips together and part them with a smacking noise, as an indication of relish