lip

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   Either of the two soft edges around the opening of the mouth.

   She bit her lip nervously before speaking.

2. 2
   noun

   The edge or rim of a container or opening.

   Wine ran over the lip of the bottle.

3. 3
   noun

   Rude or cheeky talk back to someone.

   Don't give me any lip!

Common collocations

• cleft lip Adjective + noun
• lip balm Noun + noun
• lip reader Noun + noun

From Middle English lippe, from Old English lippa, lippe (“lip”), from Proto-West Germanic *lippjō (“lip”), from Proto-Germanic *lepô, from Proto-Indo-European *leb- (“to hang loosely, droop, sag”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian Lippe (“lip”), West Frisian lippe (“lip”), Dutch lip (“lip”), German Lippe and Lefze (“lip”), Low German Lippe (“lip”), Luxembourgish Lëps (“lip”), Vilamovian łyp (“lip”), Yiddish ליפּ (lip, “lip”), Danish læbe (“lip”), Norwegian Bokmål leppe (“lip”), Norwegian Nynorsk leppa, leppe, lippa, lippe (“lip”), Swedish läpp (“lip”), Latin labium (“lip”).

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