lip
noun
[ lɪp ]
• either of the two fleshy parts which form the upper and lower edges of the opening of the mouth.
• "he kissed her on the lips"
• the edge of a hollow container or an opening.
• "the lip of the cup"
Similar:
edge,
rim,
brim,
margin,
border,
verge,
brink,
boundary,
perimeter,
mouth,
• insolent or impertinent talk.
• "don't give me any of your lip!"
Similar:
insolence,
impertinence,
impudence,
cheek,
rudeness,
audacity,
effrontery,
disrespect,
presumptuousness,
temerity,
brazenness,
sauce,
backchat,
mouth,
brass neck,
gall,
lip
verb
• (of water) lap against.
• "beaches lipped by the surf rimming the Pacific"
• (of the ball) hit the rim of (a hole) but fail to go in.
• "Norman's putt lipped the hole and spun out"
Origin:
Old English lippa, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch lip and German Lippe, from an Indo-European root shared by Latin labia, labra ‘lips’.
