lips

See also: Lips and LIPs

English

Pronunciation

  • enPR: lĭps, IPA(key): /lɪps/
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  • Rhymes: -ɪps

Noun

lips

  1. plural of lip

Derived terms

Verb

lips

  1. third-person singular simple present indicative of lip

Verb

lips (third-person singular simple present lipses, present participle lipsing, simple past and past participle lipsed)

  1. (MLE) To kiss (passionately), to smooch.
    • 2014, Skepta, Jme (lyrics and music), “That's Not Me” (track 10), in Konnichiwa, performed by Skepta featuring Jme:
      Nah, that's not me / Act like a wasteman? That's not me / Sex any girl? Nah, that's not me / Lips any girl? Nah, that's not me

Further reading

Anagrams

Estonian

Etymology

From German Schlips.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈlips/, [ˈlʲips]
  • Rhymes: -ips
  • Hyphenation: lips

Noun

lips (genitive lipsu, partitive lipsu)

  1. tie, necktie
  2. (colloquial) bow (a (wide) ribbon, belt, etc. tied or attached as decoration)

Declension

Derived terms

  • kikilips (bowtie)

Further reading

  • M. Langemets, M. Tiits, T. Valdre, L. Veskis, Ü. Viks, P. Voll, editors (2009), lips”, in [EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (online dictionary, in Estonian), 2nd edition, Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation)
  • lips in Raadik, M., editor (2018), Eesti õigekeelsussõnaraamat ÕS 2018, Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus, →ISBN
  • lips in Sõnaveeb
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