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Synonyms for lip

Grammar : Noun
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Phonetic Transcription : lɪp

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Définition of lip

Origin :
  • 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.
  • noun edge, brink
  • noun insolence
Example sentences :
  • I see again the curl on the lip of a certain kind of girl-reader!
  • Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald
  • The Frenchman looked at his host in some disdain, bit his lip, and was silent.
  • Extract from : « Night and Morning, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
  • Philip Morton heard, and his lip curled with a sad and a just disdain.
  • Extract from : « Night and Morning, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
  • "God bless you, Miss Cameron," he said, and his lip quivered.
  • Extract from : « Alice, or The Mysteries, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
  • He bit his lip in his annoyance, shivering with a presentiment.
  • Extract from : « The Fortune Hunter » by Louis Joseph Vance
  • Almamen marked his emotion with an eye and lip of rigid composure.
  • Extract from : « Leila, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
  • The haughty smile was yet on his lip when the door opened and the prince entered.
  • Extract from : « Calderon The Courtier » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
  • He hesitated, biting his lip and plucking absently the tangles from the forelock of his horse.
  • Extract from : « Good Indian » by B. M. Bower
  • He bit his lip and struck with his cane at the buttercup heads.
  • Extract from : « The Incomplete Amorist » by E. Nesbit
  • Mr Meagles looked at his wife and at Clennam; bit his lip; and coughed.
  • Extract from : « Little Dorrit » by Charles Dickens

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