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make a lip

make a lip verb: to pout in sullenness or contempt.

Verb

make a lip (third-person singular simple present makes a lip, present participle making a lip, simple past and past participle made a lip)

  1. (obsolete) To pout in sullenness or contempt.

Forms of make a lip

third-person singular presentmakes a lip
present participlemaking a lip
past participlemade a lip
pastmade a lip

Questions about make a lip

What does make a lip mean?
Make a lip means to pout in sullenness or contempt.
What part of speech is make a lip?
Make a lip is a verb.
What is the past tense of make a lip?
The past tense of make a lip is made a lip.

Words near make a lip in the dictionary

  1. make a hole
  2. make a joke of
  3. make a killing
  4. make a leg
  5. make a light
  6. make a lip
  7. make a living
  8. make a long arm
  9. make a mark
  10. make a meal of
  11. make a meal out of

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