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lip-locking

lip-locking is the present participle and gerund of lip-lock.

Meaning of lip-lock

Verb

lip-lock (third-person singular simple present lip-locks, present participle lip-locking, simple past and past participle lip-locked)

  1. (US, slang) To kiss for an extended period of time.
    • And I'm hardly a lesbian assistant! I mean, I am an assistant, and I do like Ellen DeGeneres's talk show, and sometimes I watch The L Word, but that doesn't mean I want to lip-lock the ladies.2008, Jordan Cooke, Loose Lips #2
  2. To hook a fish by inserting a curled finger under the gill cover and extending it to the fish's jaw.
    • Never try to lip-lock a brawling bigmouth after dark.1992, Michigan Out-of-doors - Volume 46, page 40

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Questions about lip-locking

What is lip-locking the present participle and gerund of?
Lip-locking is the present participle and gerund of lip-lock.

Words near lip-locking in the dictionary

  1. lip-glossed
  2. lip-labor
  3. lip-labour
  4. lip-lock
  5. lip-locked
  6. lip-locking
  7. lip-locks
  8. lip-pierced
  9. lip-read
  10. lip-reader
  11. lip-readers

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