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lip

  [lip] noun, adjective, verb, lipped, lip⋅ping.
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–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, esp. 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, esp. of the mint family, is divided.
9. Zoology.
a. a labium.
b. the outer or the inner margin of the aperture of a gastropod's shell.
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 pertaining 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)
17. to touch with the lips.
18. Golf. to hit the ball over the rim of (the hole).
19. to utter, esp. softly.
20. to kiss.
–verb (used without object)
21. to use the lips in playing a musical wind instrument.
—Verb phrase
22. lip off, Slang. to talk impudently or belligerently.
—Idioms
23. bite one's lip or 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, esp., 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,
a. to face misfortune bravely and resolutely: Throughout the crisis they kept a stiff upper lip.
b. to suppress the display of any emotion.
27. smack one's lips, to indicate one's keen enjoyment or pleasurable anticipation of: We smacked our lips over the delicious meal.
Origin:
bef. 1000; ME lip(pe), OE lippa; c. D lip, G Lippe; akin to Norw lepe, L labium

Related forms:
lipless, adjective
liplike, adjective
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Slang Dictionary
lip

  1. tv. & in.
    to kiss someone intimately. : The two of them were in the corner, lipping intently.
  2. n.
    a lawyer. (Underworld. See also mouth.) : So I brought in my lip, and he got me off the rap.
  3. n.
    and fat lip. back talk; impudent talk. : Don't give me any more of your lip! , I've had enough of your fat lip!
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Word Origin & History

lip 
O.E. lippa, from P.Gmc. *lepjon (cf. O.Fris. lippa, M.Du. lippe, Ger. Lefze, Swed. läpp, Dan. læbe), from PIE *leb- (cf. L. labium). Transf. sense of "edge or margin of a cup, etc." is from 1592. Slang sense "saucy talk" is from 1821, probably from move the lip (1579) "utter even the slightest word (against someone)." To bite (one's) lip "show vexation" is from 1330. Stiff upper lip as a sign of courage is from 1833. Lip-reading is first attested 1874; lipstick is from 1880; lip gloss from 1939. Lip-service in ref. to "something proffered but not performed" first attested 1644.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: lip
Pronunciation: 'lip
Function: noun
1 : either of the two fleshy folds which surround the opening of the mouth in humans and manyother vertebrates and in humans are organs of speech essential to certain articulations; also : the pinkish or reddish margin of a human lip composed of nonglandular mucous membrane andusually exposed when the mouth takes on its natural set
2 : an edge of a wound
3 : either of a pair of fleshy folds surrounding an orifice
4 : an anatomical part or structure (as a labium) resembling a lip —lip·like /'lip-"lIk/ adjective
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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Medical Dictionary

lip (lĭp)
n.

  1. Either of two fleshy folds that surround the opening of the mouth.

  2. A liplike structure bounding or encircling a bodily cavity or groove.

The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary
Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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Idioms & Phrases

bite one's tongue

Refrain from speaking out, as in A new grandmother must learn to bite her tongue so as not to give unwanted advice, or I'm sure it'll rain during graduation.Bite your tongue! This term alludes to holding the tongue between the teeth in an effort not to say something one might regret. Shakespeare used it in 2 Henry VI (1:1): "So York must sit and fret and bite his tongue." Today it is sometimes used as a humorous imperative, as in the second example, with the implication that speaking might bring bad luck. [Late 1500s] Also see hold one's tongue.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
Copyright © 1997. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
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