lip
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
lip/lɪp/
▶noun
- 1 either of the two fleshy parts forming the edges of the mouth opening.
■ another term for labium.
- 2 the edge of a hollow container or an opening.
- 3 informal impudent talk.
- 1 (of water) lap against.
- 2 Golf (of the ball) hit the rim of (a hole) but fail to go in.
– phrases
bite one's lip stifle laughter or a retort.
curl one's lip sneer.
pass one's lips be eaten, drunk, or spoken.
pay lip service to express support for insincerely.
bite one's lip stifle laughter or a retort.
curl one's lip sneer.
pass one's lips be eaten, drunk, or spoken.
pay lip service to express support for insincerely.
– derivatives
lipless adjective,
lip-like adjective,
-lipped adjective.
lipless adjective,
lip-like adjective,
-lipped adjective.
– origin OE lippa, of Gmc origin.
'lip' also found in these Oxford entries:
brim
- buck tooth
- button
- cleft lip
- conch
- Cupid's bow
- fipple
- frenulum
- harelip
- imperial
- jug
- labellum
- labial
- labiate
- labio-
- labium
- labret
- labrum
- lady's slipper
- lipogram
- lip-read
- lip-sync
- lizard orchid
- moue
- moustache
- oralism
- pogonia
- pout
- puss
- seed-lip
- snapdragon
- speech-reading
- spout
- stiff
- suck
- twitch
- underlip
