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[lip] /lɪp/

noun
1.
either of the two fleshy parts or folds forming the margins of the mouth and functioning in speech.
2.
Usually, lips. these parts as organs of speech:
I heard it from his own lips.
3.
a projecting edge on a container or other hollow object:
the lip of a pitcher.
4.
a liplike part or structure, especially of anatomy.
5.
any edge or rim.
6.
the edge of an opening or cavity, as of a canyon or a wound:
the lip of the crater.
7.
Slang. impudent talk; back talk:
Don’t give me any of your lip.
8.
Botany. either of the two parts into which the corolla or calyx of certain plants, especially of the mint family, is divided.
9.
Zoology.

10.
Music. the position and arrangement of lips and tongue in playing a wind instrument; embouchure.
11.
the cutting edge of a tool.
12.
the blade, at the end of an auger, which cuts the chip after it has been circumscribed by the spur.
13.
(in a twist drill) the cutting edge at the bottom of each flute.
adjective
14.
of or relating to the lips or a lip:
lip ointment.
15.
characterized by or made with the lips:
to read lip movements.
16.
superficial or insincere:
to offer lip praise.
verb (used with object), lipped, lipping.
17.
to touch with the lips.
18.
Golf. to hit the ball over the rim of (the hole).
19.
to utter, especially softly.
20.
to kiss.
verb (used without object), lipped, lipping.
21.
to use the lips in playing a musical wind instrument.
Verb phrases
22.
lip off, Slang. to talk impudently or belligerently.
Idioms
23.
bite one’s lip / tongue, to repress one’s anger or other emotions:
He wanted to return the insult, but bit his lip.
24.
button one’s lip, Slang. to keep silent, especially, to refrain from revealing information:
They told him to button his lip if he didn’t want trouble.
Also, button up.
25.
hang on the lips of, to listen to very attentively:
The members of the club hung on the lips of the visiting lecturer.
26.
keep a stiff upper lip,

27.
smack one’s lips, to indicate one’s keen enjoyment or pleasurable anticipation of:
We smacked our lips over the delicious meal.
/lɪp/
noun
1.
(anatomy)

2.
the corresponding part in animals, esp mammals
3.
any structure resembling a lip, such as the rim of a crater, the margin of a gastropod shell, etc
4.
a nontechnical word for labium, labellum (sense 1)
5.
(slang) impudent talk or backchat
6.
the embouchure and control in the lips needed to blow wind and brass instruments
7.
bite one’s lip

8.
(slang) button one’s lip, button up one’s lip, to stop talking: often imperative
9.
keep a stiff upper lip, to maintain one’s courage or composure during a time of trouble without giving way to or revealing one’s emotions
10.
lick one’s lips, smack one’s lips, to anticipate or recall something with glee or relish
verb lips, lipping, lipped
11.
(transitive) to touch with the lip or lips
12.
(transitive) to form or be a lip or lips for
13.
(transitive) (rare) to murmur or whisper
14.
(intransitive) to use the lips in playing a wind instrument
n.

Old English lippa, from Proto-Germanic *lepjon (cf. Old Frisian lippa, Middle Dutch lippe, Dutch lip, Old High German lefs, German Lefze, Swedish läpp, Danish læbe), from PIE *leb- “to lick; lip” (cf. Latin labium).

French lippe is from a Germanic source. Transferred sense of “edge or margin of a cup, etc.” is from 1590s. Slang sense “saucy talk” is from 1821, probably from move the lip (1570s) “utter even the slightest word (against someone).” To bite (one’s) lip “show vexation” is from early 14c. Stiff upper lip as a sign of courage is from 1833. Lip gloss is attested from 1939; lip balm from 1877. Related: Lips.
v.

c.1600, “to kiss,” from lip (n.). Meaning “to pronounce with the lips only” is from 1789. Related: Lipped; lipping.

lipping lip·ping (lĭp’ĭng)
n.
Formation of a liplike structure, as at the articular end of a bone in osteoarthritis.

lip (lĭp)
n.

noun

verb

To play a musical instrument, esp in jazz; blow: He couldn’t lip anything proper anymore (1950s+ Jazz musicians)

Related Terms

bat one’s gums, flip one’s lip, zip one’s lip

besides its literal sense (Isa. 37:29, etc.), is used in the original (saphah) metaphorically for an edge or border, as of a cup (1 Kings 7:26), a garment (Ex. 28:32), a curtain (26:4), the sea (Gen. 22:17), the Jordan (2 Kings 2:13). To “open the lips” is to begin to speak (Job 11:5); to “refrain the lips” is to keep silence (Ps. 40:9; 1 Pet. 3:10). The “fruit of the lips” (Heb. 13:15) is praise, and the “calves of the lips” thank-offerings (Hos. 14:2). To “shoot out the lip” is to manifest scorn and defiance (Ps. 22:7). Many similar forms of expression are found in Scripture.

In addition to the idioms beginning with lip
lip service