n.
Pronunciation: ' lip
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle English, from Old English lippa; akin to Old High German leffur lip and probably to Latin labium, labrum lip
Date: before 12th century
1 : either of two fleshy folds that surround the mouth in humans and many other vertebrates and are organs of human speech essential to certain articulations also : the red or pinkish margin of the human lip
2 slang : BACK TALK
3 a : a fleshy edge or margin (as of a wound) b : LABIUM c : LABELLUM 1 d : a limb of a labiate corolla
4 a : the edge of a hollow vessel or cavity b : a projecting edge: as (1) : the beveled upper edge of the mouth of an organ flue pipe (2) : the sharp cutting edge on the end of a tool (as an auger) (3) : a short spout (as on a pitcher) c : EDGE 2
5 : EMBOUCHURE
– lip · less \ -l ə s \ adjective
– lip · like \ - ˌ l ī k \ adjective