lippy
Syllables: lip·py/ˈlɪpi/
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Scotland/ˈlɪpɪ/
lippy adjective: having prominent lips. Also the diminutive of lip.
Adjective
lippy (comparative lippier, superlative lippiest)
- Having prominent lips.
- His eyes were large and prominent, his mouth wide and lippy, and as he bent over his books he emitted sundry low growls and grunts, plainly indicating that his temper was none of the sweetest.1906 February, A. Demain Grange, “Mr. Gummidge’s Little Deal: The Story of a Stradivarius”, in The Royal Magazine, volume XV, number 88, London: C[yril] Arthur Pearson Ltd, […], →OCLC, page 375...
- Having a tendency to talk back in a cheeky or impertinent manner.
- Don't give me any lip! I don't like how lippy you've been acting lately! Clean your room.
- No, it's [Tamil is] a happy, snappy, lippy, and loping lingo anyone can see just makes these guys happy to speak and hear.1998, Frank Chin, “A Chinaman in Singapore”, in Bulletproof Buddhists and Other Essays (Intersections), Honolulu, Hi.: University of Hawaiʻi Press in association with UCLA Asian American Studies...
- Synonyms:
- mouthy, contrarious, argumentative, insolent
Noun (1)
lippy (countable and uncountable, plural lippies)
- Lip gloss or lipstick; (countable) a stick of this product.
- Like some kind of masonic handshake, Collie passed Vanya a tube of black lippie. She smeared it carelessly across her wide mouth and handed it to me. My parents would have a hissy fit if they knew I put on lipstick but they weren't around.2007, D. M. Ross, chapter 12, in The Holy Bad, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Vanguard Press, →ISBN, page 52
- I'm worried I'm turning into a 1950s housewife: the other day I found myself tidying up the sitting room and putting on some lippie before Tony got home from work!2008, Lynn Bertram, “The World of Motherhood”, in Supporting Postnatal Women Into Motherhood: A Guide to Therapeutic Groupwork for Health Professionals, Abingdon, Oxfordshire: Radcliffe Publishing...
Noun (2)
lippy (plural lippies)
- 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.
- I ſowed on this Ground, without any Dung or Manure, a Lippy of Oats, from which I had a Boll wanting a Chopin.1742, Virgil, “Appendix to the Georgicks”, in James Hamilton, transl., Virgil’s Pastorals Translated into English Prose; as also His Georgicks, […], Edinburgh: Printed by W. Cheyne, […]; [s]old by J....
- [T]he valuation of lands, tenor of leaſes, the rents, the entails, rent charges, life rents, and payments for or out of land revenue, are all reckoned in Scotland by the chalder, boll, firlot, and lippy, and cannot be altered; [...]1786, Daniel De Foe [i.e., Daniel Defoe], “Appendix. Part I. Containing an Account of Transactions in both Parts of the United Kingdoms, subsequent to the Union; […]”, in A History of the Union...
- Synonyms:
- forpet
Proper noun capitalized: Lippy
Lippy (plural Lippys)
- A surname from German.
Also used as
lippy is also the diminutive of lip.
Examples of lippy in a sentence
- I hesitated another moment, then followed her with a vow that I would walk out the instant she got lippy.1998, Dana Redfield, “Something in the Air”, in Lucy Blue and the Daughters of Light: A Novel, Charlottesville, Va.: Hampton Roads...
- A russet shade of sheer lippy proved the finishing touch to Meghan's latest make-up look.2020 January 9, Annie Vischer, “Meghan Markle’s Latest Make-Up Look Decoded”, in Grazia, London: Bauer Consumer Media, →ISSN, →OCLC...
- You good Pastors, [...] you who can prevail upon your parishioners to pay the last lippy of your modified tithes, [...]1825 May, “Statistical Sketch of the Present State of the Established and Dissenting Churches in Scotland. Spring-meeting of the United...
Synonyms of lippy
Forms of lippy
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| comparative | lippier |
| superlative | lippiest |
| Noun | |
| plural | lippies |
| alternative form | lippie |
| Proper noun | |
| plural | Lippys |
Origin of lippy
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’).
From lip(stick) or lip (gloss) + -y (diminutive suffix).
From lip + -y (diminutive suffix).
Words formed from lippy
Phrases with lippy
Words that rhyme with lippy
Questions about lippy
- What does lippy mean?
- Lippy means having prominent lips.
- How do you use lippy in a sentence?
- I hesitated another moment, then followed her with a vow that I would walk out the instant she got lippy.
- What part of speech is lippy?
- Lippy can be an adjective, a noun or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce lippy?
- Lippy is pronounced /ˈlɪpi/ (UK).
Words near lippy in the dictionary
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