underlip

C2 Topic:The Human Body

Also spelled under-lip

US /ˈʌndɚˌlɪp/ UK /ˈʌndəˌlɪp/
noun Freq #756723

Meanings

  1. 1
    noun

    the lower lip of a person or animal

    He bit his underlip while considering how to answer.

Thesaurus

Synonyms
1 noun · the lower lip of a person... lower lip
Opposites
upper lip
Word family
Related forms lipmouth

Etymology

A transparent compound of under- + lip, attested also in the hyphenated form under-lip. It parallels formations such as German Unterlippe, literally "under-lip."

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