lip
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[edit] English
[edit] Etymology
From Middle English lippe, from Old English lippa, from Proto-Germanic *lipjōn (cf. Dutch lip, German Lefze ‘animal lip, flews’, Norwegian lepe), from Proto-Indo-European *leb- ‘to hang loosely’ (cf. Latin labium ‘lip’, labes ‘rockfall’, Ancient Greek lobós ‘lobe, seedpod’).
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[edit] Noun
lip (countable and uncountable; plural lips)
- (countable) Either of the two fleshy protrusions around the opening of the mouth.
- (countable) A part of the body that resembles a lip, such as the edge of a wound or the labia.
- 1749, John Cleland, Fanny Hill: Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure Part 2
- I twisted my thighs, squeezed, and compressed the lips of that virgin slit
- 1749, John Cleland, Fanny Hill: Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure Part 2
- (countable) The rim of an open container.
- (slang, uncountable) backtalk, verbal impertinence.
- Don’t give me any lip!
[edit] Synonyms
- (either of the fleshy protrusions around the mouth): labium (medical term)
- (part of body resembling a lip): labium (medical)
- (rim of an open container): edge, rim
- (impertinence): backchat, cheek (informal), impudence, rudeness
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Terms derived from lip
[edit] Translations
fleshy protrusion framing the mouth
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rim of an open container
slang: backtalk, verbal impertinence
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- German: Lippe f. (de), Rand m., Unverschämtheit f.
- Latvian: lūpa
- Swahili: mdomo sg
- Telugu: పెదవి (pedavi), అంచు (amchu)
[edit] Verb
lip (third-person singular simple present lips, present participle lipping, simple past and past participle lipped)
- To touch with the lips, notably kiss or lick, lap the lips against something
- To utter verbally
- To simulate speech merely by lip-movement, as suffices for a lip-reader
- (sports) to make a golf ball hit the lip of the cup, without dropping in
[edit] Dutch
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[edit] Noun
lip f. (plural lippen, diminutive lipje)
[edit] Related terms
- lipklank
- liplezen
- lippen (verb)
- lippendienst
- lippenrood n.
- lippenstift
- lipvis
- loslippig
- schaamlip
- bovenlip
- onderlip
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lip
[edit] Polish
[edit] Noun
lip
- Genitive plural of lipa.
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[edit] Alternative forms
[edit] Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *lěpъ.
[edit] Adjective
lip
- (Chakavian, Ikavian) nice, pretty
- 1375, N.N., Muka svete Margarite (transribed from Glagolitic original):
- Pasite se, ovce mile,
- sve ste lipe, sve ste bile
- 1501, Marko Marulić, Judita:
- Tad se usčudiše svi, vidiv Juditu,
- toko lipa biše i u takovu svitu.
- 1759, Antun Kanižlić, Sveta Rožalija:
- Ovog zaručnika, lipa, mila, srićna,
- imati jest dika, srića, radost vična.
- 1375, N.N., Muka svete Margarite (transribed from Glagolitic original):
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