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lip

Definition

  • noun: either one of the two soft parts that surround the mouth
  • noun: either of two fleshy folds that surround the mouth in humans and many other vertebrates and are organs of human speech essential to certain articulations
  • combining form: fat
  • usually used with 'out'
  • synonyms: jaw, utter, speak

Examples

  • She paid/gave/offered 'lip service' to blue-collar workers, but she did nothing to help them.

  • Don't tell him what I said, please. You know he can't 'keep his lips buttoned'.

  • Don't give me any of your 'lip'! [=don't talk to me in that disrespectful way]

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) Dialogue: Marked=..,Default,NTP,!Effect,But at a terrible price. You\Nhave slain something so pure... Dialogue: Marked=..,Default,NTP,!Effect,...that from the moment the blood touches\Nyour lips, you will have a half-life. Dialogue: Marked=..,Default,NTP,!Effect,A cursed life. (..)
    2001 Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone