underlip

English

Etymology

From under- +‎ lip. Compare Saterland Frisian Unnerlippe (“underlip”), German Unterlippe (“underlip”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈʌndə(ɹ)ˌlɪp/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈʌndɚˌlɪp/

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Noun

underlip (plural underlips)

1. The lower lip.
   • 1866, Charles Dickens, The Signal-Man‎^[1]:

     He bit his under-lip as though he were somewhat unwilling, but arose.

   • 1913, Norman Lindsay, A Curate in Bohemia, Sydney: N.S.W. Bookstall Co., published 1932, page 164:

     In fact, there was such an obvious inclination to wateriness about his eye, and instability about his underlip, that Cripps found it necessary to put the conversation on a less emotional basis.

   • 2014, Samuel R. Delany, Tales of Nevèrÿon, →ISBN:

     His eyes were closed, his mouth opened. His breathing, irregular for three, then four, then five breaths, returned to its normal, soundless rhythm. Stubbled overlip and wet underlip moved about some final, silent word: […]

Coordinate terms

• overlip

Translations

Translations

• Albanian: buza e poshtme
• Bulgarian: долна устна f (dolna ustna)
• Danish: underlæbe (da) c
• Frisian:

  Saterland Frisian: Unnerlippe f

• German: Unterlippe (de) f
• Ingrian: alahuuli
• Swedish: underläpp (sv) c