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upper lip

upper lip noun: synonym of labium superius oris.

Noun

upper lip

  1. Synonym of labium superius oris.
  2. (humorous, sarcastic, slang, vulgar) A sarcastic or jocular response to a person who has performed oral sex on someone.

upper lip meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Tagalog and Thai

upper lip in Tamil

மேலுதடு, ஓட்டம்

upper lip in Urdu

upper lip, edge of the lip
لب lab

upper lip in Tagalog

Translations
ngusò

upper lip in Thai

Translations
ริมฝีปากบน

Synonyms of upper lip

Words formed from upper lip

Questions about upper lip

What does upper lip mean?
Upper lip means synonym of labium superius oris.
What is upper lip in Tamil?
Upper lip in Tamil is மேலுதடு, ஓட்டம். See Upper lip meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is upper lip?
Upper lip is a noun.

Words near upper lip in the dictionary

  1. Upper Largo
  2. upper leaf zone
  3. upper leaf zones
  4. upper limit
  5. upper limits
  6. upper lip
  7. Upper Lurg
  8. Upper Lusatia
  9. Upper Lusatian
  10. Upper Macdonald
  11. Upper Magsaysay

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Adapted from Wiktionary: upper lip (page history and authors); upper lip (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); لب (Urdu) (page history and authors). 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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