lip

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Synonyms 1.3.2 Derived terms 1.3.3 Translations 1.4 Adjective 1.5 Verb 2 Croatian 2.1 Alternative forms 2.2 Etymology 2.3 Adjective 3 Dutch 3.1 Pronunciation 3.2 Noun 3.2.1 Related terms 4 Polish 4.1 Noun

[edit] English

[edit] Etymology

From Middle English, from Old English lippa, with various Germanic cognates (see Translations), and probably also Latin labium

[edit] Pronunciation

• enPR: lĭp, IPA: /lɪp/, SAMPA: /lIp/
•  Audio (US)^{help, file}
• Rhymes: -ɪp

[edit] Noun

lip (countable and uncountable; plural lips)

1. (countable) Either of the two fleshy protrusions around the opening of the mouth.
2. (countable) A part of the body that resembles a lip, such as the edge of a wound or the labia.
3. (countable) The rim of an open container.
4. (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

[edit] Derived terms

black lip cleft lip fat lip lip gloss lipless liplike lip-lock

lipped lipping lippy lip-read lip-reader lip service

lip-smacking lipstick lip-strap lip-synch tight-lipped

[edit] Translations

• German: Lippe f. (de), Rand m., Unverschämtheit f.
• Latvian: lūpa
• Swahili: mdomo sg
• Telugu: పెదవి (pedavi), అంచు (amchu)

[edit] Adjective

lip (comparative more lip, superlative most lip)

1. labial, produced using the lips
2. insincere, murmured merely trough the lips

[edit] Verb

to lip (third-person singular simple present lips, present participle liping, simple past and past participle liped)

1. To touch with the lips, notably kiss or lick, lap the lips against something
2. To utter verbally
3. To simulate speech merely by lip-movement, as suffices for a lip-reader
4. (sports) to make a golf ball hit the lip of the cup, without dropping in

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[edit] Croatian

[edit] Alternative forms

• (standard): lijȇp

[edit] Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *lěpъ.

[edit] Adjective

lip

1. (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.

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[edit] Dutch

[edit] Pronunciation

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[edit] Noun

lip f. (plural lippen, diminutive lipje)

1. Lip (part of the mouth)
2. Lip (of a container)

[edit] Related terms

• lipklank
• liplezen
• lippen (verb)
• lippendienst
• lippenrood n.
• lippenstift
• lipvis
• loslippig
• schaamlip

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[edit] Polish

[edit] Noun

lip

1. Abbreviation of lipiec; (July)