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lip off

lip off verb: to speak rudely, harshly or belligerently.

Verb

lip off (third-person singular simple present lips off, present participle lipping off, simple past and past participle lipped off)

  1. (colloquial, intransitive) To speak rudely, harshly or belligerently.
    • She spanked hard enough that she broke the yardstick in half, and picked up the bottom half and continued on with the punishment. I hold no grudge—I deserved it for lipping off.2000, James W. Marlin, On the Other Hand: An Autobiography

Forms of lip off

third-person singular presentlips off
present participlelipping off
past participlelipped off
pastlipped off

Questions about lip off

What does lip off mean?
Lip off means to speak rudely, harshly or belligerently.
What part of speech is lip off?
Lip off is a verb.
What is the past tense of lip off?
The past tense of lip off is lipped off.

Words near lip off in the dictionary

  1. lip liners
  2. lip lock
  3. lip locked
  4. lip locking
  5. lip locks
  6. lip off
  7. lip out
  8. lip pillow
  9. lip plate
  10. lip plates
  11. lip plug

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