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lippy.

Having prominent lips.

5 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

adj/ˈlɪpi/Australia, General-American, Received-Pronunciation/ˈlɪpɪ/Scotland
  1. Having prominent lips.

    informal
  2. Having a tendency to talk back in a cheeky or impertinent manner.

    informal
    Don't give me any lip! I don't like how lippy you've been acting lately! Clean your room.
Where this word comes from

From lip (“fleshy protrusion around the opening of the mouth; (slang) verbal impertinence, backtalk”) + -y (suffix forming adjectives with the sense of ‘having the quality of’).

noun/ˈlɪpi/Australia, General-American, Received-Pronunciation/ˈlɪpɪ/Scotland
  1. Lip gloss or lipstick; (countable) a stick of this product.

    New-Zealand · UK · also · colloquial · uncountable
Where this word comes from

From lip(stick) or lip (gloss) + -y (diminutive suffix).

noun/ˈlɪpi/Australia, General-American, Received-Pronunciation/ˈlɪpɪ/Scotland
  1. An old dry measure amounting to one quarter of a peck (for goods sold by weight, 1¾ pounds or about four-fifths of a kilogram); also, a container of that capacity.

    New-Zealand · Scotland · UK · also · colloquial · historical
Where this word comes from

From leap (“trap or snare for fish made from twigs; (obsolete) basket”) + -y (diminutive suffix).

noun/ˈlɪpi/Australia, General-American, Received-Pronunciation/ˈlɪpɪ/Scotland
  1. Diminutive of lip.

    New-Zealand · UK · also · colloquial · diminutive · form-of · in-plural
Where this word comes from

From lip + -y (diminutive suffix).

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