Meaning of Lip | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Either of the two fleshy protrusions around the opening of the mouth.
   countable
2. Abbreviation of large igneous province.
   abbreviation, alt-of
3. A part of the body that resembles a lip, such as the edge of a wound or the labia.
   countable
4. Abbreviation of litigant in person.
   abbreviation, alt-of
5. The projecting rim of an open container or a bell, etc.; a short open spout.
   broadly, countable
6. Backtalk; verbal impertinence.
   slang, uncountable
7. The edge of a high spot of land.
   countable, uncountable
8. The sharp cutting edge on the end of an auger.
   countable, uncountable
9. One of the two opposite divisions of a labiate corolla.
   countable, uncountable
10. A distinctive lower-appearing of the three true petals of an orchid.
    countable, uncountable
11. One of the edges of the aperture of a univalve shell.
    countable, uncountable
12. Embouchure: the condition or strength of a wind instrumentalist's lips.
    colloquial, countable, uncountable
13. Clipping of lipstick.
    abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, colloquial, countable, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“[…]thine owne lippes teſtifie againſt thee.”

“[…]I twiſted my thighs, ſqueezed, and compreſs’d the lips of that virgin-ſlit[…]”

Fanny Hill

“The cork sails over the garden wall and lands somewhere no one can see it. A crest of white spills over the lip of the bottle and Niall pours the wine into Elaine's glass.”

“Don’t give me any lip!”

“Kevin Sutherland: I've had enough of your lip!”

“Loose Tomato grew up tough. No one ever suspected that he was scared every time he walked down the street. Any lip and they got their ass kicked.”

“We landed at the head of Garden Island, which is situated near the middle of the river and on the lip of the Falls. On reaching that lip, and peering over the giddy height, the wondrous and unique character of the magnificent cascade at once burst upon us.”

“They toiled forward along a tiny path on the river’s lip. Suddenly it vanished. The bank was sheer red solid clay in front of them, sloping straight into the river.”

“Looking to the east we could see Api and the mountains of west Nepal, shapely snow peaks in the distance, while in the immediate foreground, much lower but still dramatic, were the peaks of Panch Chuli IV and V (III was hidden by the lip of a huge cornice), Telkot and Nagling, all of them unclimbed, all steep and challenging.”

“I put on some red lip and a casual print dress.”

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