lip

Plural: lips

Noun

• either of two fleshy folds of tissue that surround the mouth and play a role in speaking
• (botany) either of the two parts of a bilabiate corolla or calyx
• an impudent or insolent rejoinder
• the top edge of a vessel or other container
• either the outer margin or the inner margin of the aperture of a gastropod's shell
• Either of the two fleshy protrusions around the opening of the mouth.
• A part of the body that resembles a lip, such as the edge of a wound or the labia.
• The projecting rim of an open container or a bell, etc.; a short open spout.
• Backtalk; verbal impertinence.
• The edge of a high spot of land.
• The sharp cutting edge on the end of an auger.
• One of the two opposite divisions of a labiate corolla.
• A distinctive lower-appearing of the three true petals of an orchid.
• One of the edges of the aperture of a univalve shell.
• Embouchure: the condition or strength of a wind instrumentalist's lips.
• Clipping of lipstick.

Verb

Verb Forms: lipped, lipping, lips

• To touch something lightly with the lips.
• To touch or grasp with the lips; to kiss; to lap the lips against (something).
• (of something inanimate) To touch lightly.
• To wash against a surface, lap.
• To rise or flow up to or over the edge of something.
• To form the rim, edge or margin of something.
• To utter verbally.
• To simulate speech by moving the lips without making any sound; to mouth.
• To make a golf ball hit the lip of the cup, without dropping in.
• To change the sound of (a musical note played on a wind instrument) by moving or tensing the lips.

Examples

• Don’t give me any lip!
• He might ’LIP’ a cup of coffee while pondering his next move on the board.
• I put on some red lip and a casual print dress.

Synonyms

back talk, backtalk, brim, mouth, rim, sass, sassing, backchat, cheek, edge, impudence, insolence, labium, rudeness, spout

Anagrams of lip