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Moderatelips
The correct spelling is lips.
How to pronounce lips
/lɪps/
nounIPA: /lɪps/
Say it like: Lip-s
The correct spelling is lips. Either of the two fleshy protrusions around the opening of the mouth. For example: "Don’t give me any lip!"
Usage Examples
“Don’t give me any lip!”
Meanings
noun
- 1.Either of the two fleshy protrusions around the opening of the mouth.
- 2.A part of the body that resembles a lip, such as the edge of a wound or the labia.
- 3.(by extension) The projecting rim of an open container; a short open spout.
- 4.Backtalk; verbal impertinence.
- 5.The edge of a high spot of land.
verb
- 1.To touch or grasp with the lips; to kiss; to lap the lips against (something).
- 2.(of something inanimate) To touch lightly.
- 3.To wash against a surface, lap.
- 4.To rise or flow up to or over the edge of something.
- 5.To form the rim, edge or margin of something.
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