lip

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   Either of the two fleshy protrusions around the opening of the mouth.

   […]thine owne lippes teſtifie againſt thee.

2. 2
   noun

   A part of the body that resembles a lip, such as the edge of a wound or the labia.

   […]I twiſted my thighs, ſqueezed, and compreſs’d the lips of that virgin-ſlit[…]

3. 3
   noun

   The projecting rim of an open container or a bell, etc.; a short open spout.

   The cork sails over the garden wall and lands somewhere no one can see it. A crest of white spills over the lip of the bottle and Niall pours the wine into Elaine's glass.

4. 4
   noun

   Backtalk; verbal impertinence.

   Don’t give me any lip!

5. 5
   noun

   The edge of a high spot of land.

   We landed at the head of Garden Island, which is situated near the middle of the river and on the lip of the Falls. On reaching that lip, and peering over the giddy height, the wondrous and unique character of the magnificent cascade at once burst upon us.

6. 6
   noun

   Clipping of lipstick.

   I put on some red lip and a casual print dress.

7. 7
   verb

   To touch or grasp with the lips; to kiss; to lap the lips against (something).

   […] a hand that Kings / Haue lipt, and trembled kiſſing.

8. 8
   verb

   To touch lightly.

   He moved the boat onward very slowly, lipping the glossy surface delicately with the light oars.

Etymology

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”).