lippy

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Having prominent lips.
  2. Having a tendency to talk back in a cheeky or impertinent manner.
noun
  1. Lip gloss or lipstick; (countable) a stick of this product.
noun
  1. Diminutive of lip.
noun
  1. An old dry measure amounting to one quarter of a peck (for goods sold by weight, 1¾ pounds or about four-fifths of a kilogram); also, a container of that capacity.
name
  1. A surname from German.

Pronunciation

/ˈlɪpi/ En-uk-lippy.oga /ˈlɪpɪ/

Word forms

lippy lippier lippiest lippies lippie Lippys

Etymology

From lip (“fleshy protrusion around the opening of the mouth; (slang) verbal impertinence, backtalk”) + -y (suffix forming adjectives with the sense of ‘having the quality of’).

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