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lid

[lid] noun, verb, lid⋅ded, lid⋅ding.
–noun
1. a removable or hinged cover for closing the opening, usually at the top, of a pot, jar, trunk, etc.; a movable cover.
2. an eyelid.
3. a restraint, ceiling, or curb, as on prices or news.
4. Slang. a hat, cap, or other head covering.
5. (in mosses)
a. the cover of the capsule; operculum.
b. the upper section of a pyxidium.
6. Slang. one ounce of marijuana.
–verb (used with object)
7. to supply or cover with a lid.
8. blow or flip one's lid, Slang. to lose control, esp. to rage hysterically: He nearly flipped his lid over the way they damaged his car. Also, flip one's wig.
9. blow the lid off, Informal. to expose to public view, esp. to reveal something scandalous, illegal, etc.

Origin:
bef. 1000; ME; OE hlid; c. D, G lid, ON hlith gate, gateway
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Slang Dictionary
flip (one's) wig

and flip (one's) lid
  1. tv.
    to go crazy; to lose control. : I so flipped my lid when I got the news. , I nearly flipped my wig when I heard.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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lid

  1. n.
    an eyelid. : Her lids began to close, and the professor raised his voice to a roar.
  2. n.
    one half to one ounce of marijuana. (Drugs. An amount that will fill a Prince Albert tobacco can lid. Often plural.) : It looks like a matchbox to me. Why do they call it a lid?
  3. n.
    a hat. : Where did you get that silly lid?
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

lid 
O.E. hlid "lid, cover, opening, gate," from P.Gmc. *khlithan (cf. O.N. hlið "gate, gap," Swed. lid "gate," Du. lid, O.H.G. hlit "lid, cover"), from PIE base *kli- "cover, shut," or *klei- "to lean" (see lean (v.)), with here perhaps the sense of "that which bends over." Meaning "eyelid" is from c.1220. Slang sense of "hat, cap" is attested from 1896. Slang phrase put a lid on "clamp down on, silence, end" is from 1909.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: lid
Pronunciation: 'lid
Function: noun
: EYELID
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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