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lip

US/lɪp/ common slang

noun

1.

fleshy folds of tissue as those surrounding the mouth

2.
3.

the top edge of a vessel

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Origin

From Middle English lippe, from Old English lippa, lippe (“lip”), from Proto-West Germanic *lippjō (“lip”), from Proto-Germanic *lepô, from Proto-Indo-European *leb- (“to hang loosely, droop, sag”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian Lippe (“lip”), West Frisian lippe (“lip”), Dutch lip (“lip”), German Lippe and Lefze (“lip”), Low German Lippe (“lip”), Luxembourgish Lëps (“lip”), Vilamovian łyp (“lip”), Yiddish ליפּ (lip, “lip”), Danish læbe (“lip”), Norwegian Bokmål leppe (“lip”), Norwegian Nynorsk leppa, leppe, lippa, lippe (“lip”), Swedish läpp (“lip”), Latin labium (“lip”).

Phrases

  • Austrian lip
  • bite one's lip
  • black lip
  • boot lip
  • button one's lip
  • button up one's lip
  • cleft lip
  • cunt lips

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