lippy.
Having prominent lips.
Meaning & usage
Having prominent lips.
Having a tendency to talk back in a cheeky or impertinent manner.
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’).
Lip gloss or lipstick; (countable) a stick of this product.
Where this word comes from
From lip(stick) or lip (gloss) + -y (diminutive suffix).
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.
Where this word comes from
From leap (“trap or snare for fish made from twigs; (obsolete) basket”) + -y (diminutive suffix).
Diminutive of lip.
Where this word comes from
From lip + -y (diminutive suffix).
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