lips

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See also: Lips and LIPs

English[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • enPR: lĭps, IPA(key): /lɪps/
  • (file)
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -ɪps

Noun[edit]

lips

  1. plural of lip

Derived terms[edit]

Verb[edit]

lips

  1. third-person singular simple present indicative of lip

Verb[edit]

lips (third-person singular simple present lipses, present participle lipsing, simple past and past participle lipsed)

  1. (MLE) To kiss (passionately), to smooch.
    • 2014, Skepta, Jme (lyrics and music), “That's Not Me” (track 10), in Konnichiwa, performed by Skepta featuring Jme:
      Nah, that's not me / Act like a wasteman? That's not me / Sex any girl? Nah, that's not me / Lips any girl? Nah, that's not me

Further reading[edit]

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Estonian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From German Schlips.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈlips/, [ˈlʲips]
  • Rhymes: -ips
  • Hyphenation: lips

Noun[edit]

lips (genitive lipsu, partitive lipsu)

  1. tie, necktie
  2. (colloquial) bow (a (wide) ribbon, belt, etc. tied or attached as decoration)

Declension[edit]

Declension of lips (ÕS type 22e/riik, length gradation)
singular plural
nominative lips lipsud
accusative nom.
gen. lipsu
genitive lipsude
partitive lipsu lipse
lipsusid
illative lipsu
lipsusse
lipsudesse
lipsesse
inessive lipsus lipsudes
lipses
elative lipsust lipsudest
lipsest
allative lipsule lipsudele
lipsele
adessive lipsul lipsudel
lipsel
ablative lipsult lipsudelt
lipselt
translative lipsuks lipsudeks
lipseks
terminative lipsuni lipsudeni
essive lipsuna lipsudena
abessive lipsuta lipsudeta
comitative lipsuga lipsudega

Derived terms[edit]

Further reading[edit]

  • lips”, in [EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (online version, in Estonian), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009
  • lips”, in [ÕS] Eesti õigekeelsussõnaraamat ÕS 2018 [Estonian Spelling Dictionary] (online version, in Estonian), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2018
  • lips in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)