lip
/lip/
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Definition
- Noun:
- Either of two fleshy folds of tissue that surround the mouth: The soft, movable parts forming the upper and lower edges of the opening of the mouth, essential for speech, eating, and facial expression.
- The edge or rim of an opening or container: The projecting or upper edge of a hollow container or cavity, such as a cup, crater, or wound.
- Impudent or insolent talk: Disrespectful or rude speech or remarks.
- A part of a bilabiate corolla or calyx in botany: One of the two parts, often an upper and lower one, of a two-lipped flower structure.
- The margin of the aperture of a gastropod's shell: The inner or outer edge of the opening of a snail's shell.
Examples of Usage
- Noun (Body Part):
- She bit her lower lip nervously.
- The cold wind chapped his lips.
- Noun (Edge/Rim):
- He drank from the lip of the bottle.
- Lava bubbled at the lip of the volcano.
- Noun (Insolent Talk):
- Don't give me any of your lip!
- He's always full of lip when he's angry.
Advanced Usage
- "To pay lip service": To express support or agreement insincerely or without taking meaningful action.
- The company pays lip service to environmental issues but does nothing concrete.
- "To be on everyone's lips": To be a topic that many people are talking about.
- The scandal was on everyone's lips for weeks.
- "To lick/smack one's lips": To move one's tongue over one's lips, often in anticipation of something enjoyable.
- He licked his lips at the sight of the delicious meal.
Variants and Related Words
- Lipless (adj): Without lips.
- Lip-read (verb): To understand speech by watching the movements of a speaker's lips.
- Lip-sync (verb): To move one's lips in synchronization with a pre-recorded soundtrack.
Synonyms
- Rim: The upper or outer edge of something (for the container meaning).
- Impertinence: Lack of respect; rudeness (for the insolent talk meaning).
- Mouth: The opening in the face (related, but not a direct synonym for the fleshy part).
Related Phrasal Verbs/Phrases
- Lip off (slang): To speak in a rude or disrespectful way.
- The student got in trouble for lipping off to the teacher.
- Button one's lip (idiom): To stop talking; to keep a secret.
- You'd better button your lip about the surprise party.
Related Idioms
- A stiff upper lip: The quality of remaining resolute and unemotional in the face of adversity.
- He kept a stiff upper lip during the difficult times.
- My lips are sealed: A promise not to reveal a secret.
- Don't worry, my lips are sealed.
- Read my lips: An emphatic way of telling someone to listen carefully to what you are saying.
- Read my lips: I am not going to the party.
Noun
- either the outer margin or the inner margin of the aperture of a gastropod's shell
- the top edge of a vessel or other container
- an impudent or insolent rejoinder
- don't give me any of your sass
- (botany) either of the two parts of a bilabiate corolla or calyx
- either of two fleshy folds of tissue that surround the mouth and play a role in speaking