lipstick
Syllables: lip·stickUK/ˈlɪpstɪk//ˈlɪpˌstɪk/
lipstick noun: makeup for the lips. Also the ellipsis of lipstick lesbian.
Noun
lipstick (usually uncountable, plural lipsticks)
- Makeup for the lips.
- Are you wearing any lipstick today?
- In fact, I just saw the movie Shirley Valentine (for the umpteenth time!), and couldn't even look at the adult Marjorie Majors without seeing Patsy and her boofed up hair and red lipstick and long cigarette holder.2003 August 31, TammyM, “Re: OT: Penis Casino; free Viagra!”, in alt.support.stop-smoking (Usenet)
- A stick of this makeup.
- I'd like three lipsticks in this shade.
- She darkens up her eyebrows with it and then runs a tube of pink lipstick over her mouth. She immediately wipes it off with the palm of her hand. She should have black lipstick. A true ninja woman would wear black lipstick.2021 December 27, Linda MorningStar, Destiny's Wavering Road, Dorrance Publishing, →ISBN, page 164
- A dog's penis.
- “So she storms off, yelling at me, ‘Tell your dog to put his lipstick back in its case!’ and that dog and I just stared after them. Both of us were totally smitten.”2012, Sarah Pekkanen, These Girls, Washington Square Press, →ISBN, page 241
- I looked over at our new house-wolf, hoping for a connection, but it was too soon. I felt nothing but resentment. What I saw, however, was something I would have to look away from regularly. He had his lipstick out.2019, anonymous author, chapter 15, in You Shot My Dog and I Love You, Mercier Press, →ISBN
Verb
lipstick (third-person singular simple present lipsticks, present participle lipsticking, simple past and past participle lipsticked)
- To apply lipstick to; to paint with lipstick.
- She had even white teeth and a mouth that needed no lipsticking.1936, Liberty, volume 13, number 4, page 55
Also used as
lipstick is also the ellipsis of lipstick lesbian.
lipstick meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
lipstick in Hindi
- make-up for the lips
- लिपस्टिक lipasṭik
lipstick in Tamil
- லிப்ஸ்டிக், லிப்ஸ்டிக்கிங், உதட்டுப்பிடிப்பு
lipstick in Marathi
- लिपस्टिक, लिपस्टीक, लिपस्टिकिंग
lipstick in Urdu
- make-up for the lips
- سُرْخی surxī, لِپ اَسْٹِک lip asṭik
More languagesFewer languages
- lipstick in Bengali
- লিপস্টিক liposṭik
- lipstick in Telugu
- లిప్స్టిక్, లిప్ స్టిక్, లిప్స్టికింగ్
- lipstick in Malayalam
- ലിപ്സ്റ്റിക്ക്, ലിപ്സ്റ്റിക്, ലിപ്സ്റ്റിക്കിംഗ്
- lipstick in Kannada
- ಲಿಪ್ಸ್ಟಿಕ್, ಲಿಪ್ ಸ್ಟಿಕ್, ಲಿಪ್ಸ್ಟಿಕಿಂಗ್
- lipstick in Punjabi
- ਲਿਪਸਟਿਕ lipsaṭik, سُرْخی surxī
- lipstick in Gujarati
- લિપસ્ટિક, લિપસ્ટીક, લીપસ્ટિક
- lipstick in Odia
- ଲିପଷ୍ଟିକ୍, ଲିପ୍ଷ୍ଟିକ୍, ଲିପଷ୍ଟିକ
- lipstick in Assamese
- লিপিষ্টিক lipistik
- lipstick in Nepali
- लिपस्टिक, लिपस्टिकिङ, लिपस्टिकिङ्ग
- lipstick in Pashto
- لپسټیک lipsṭik
- lipstick in Tagalog
- lipstik
- lipstick in Arabic
- أَحْمَر شِفَاه ʔaḥmar šifāh
- lipstick in Malay
- gincu, lipstik
- lipstick in Indonesian
- lipstik
- lipstick in Thai
- ลิปสติก líp-sà-dtìk
- lipstick in Vietnamese
- cây son, son môi
Examples of lipstick in a sentence
- That new box is like putting lipstick on a pig. It's still the same buggy program inside.
- She adjusted her lipstick in the glass.
- She tubes lipstick in the cosmetics factory.
Forms of lipstick
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | lipsticks |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | lipsticks |
| present participle | lipsticking |
| past participle | lipsticked |
| past | lipsticked |
Origin of lipstick
From lip + stick.
Words formed from lipstick
Phrases with lipstick
Questions about lipstick
- What does lipstick mean?
- Lipstick means makeup for the lips.
- What is lipstick in Hindi?
- Lipstick in Hindi is लिपस्टिक (lipasṭik). See Lipstick meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is lipstick?
- Lipstick can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce lipstick?
- Lipstick is pronounced /ˈlɪpstɪk/ (UK).
- What is the plural of lipstick?
- The plural of lipstick is lipsticks.
Words near lipstick in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: lipstick (page history and authors); lipstick (Tamil, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); lipstick (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); lipstick (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); lipstick (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); lipstick (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); lipstick (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); lipstick (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); lipstick (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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