lippy

== English == === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation, General American, General Australian) IPA(key): /ˈlɪpi/ (Scotland) IPA(key): /ˈlɪpɪ/ Rhymes: -ɪpi Hyphenation: lip‧py === Etymology 1 === 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’). ==== Adjective ==== lippy (comparative lippier, superlative lippiest) (informal) Having prominent lips. (informal) Having a tendency to talk back in a cheeky or impertinent manner. Synonyms: mouthy; contrarious, argumentative, insolent Hypernym: insubordinate ===== Derived terms ===== lippiness ===== Related terms ===== ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 2 === From lip(stick) or lip (gloss) +‎ -y (diminutive suffix). ==== Noun ==== lippy (countable and uncountable, plural lippies) (originally Australia, now also UK, New Zealand, colloquial) (uncountable) Lip gloss or lipstick; (countable) a stick of this product. ===== Alternative forms ===== lippie ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 3 === From lip +‎ -y (diminutive suffix). ==== Noun ==== lippy (plural lippies) (colloquial, chiefly in the plural) Diminutive of lip. ===== Alternative forms ===== lippie === Etymology 4 === From leap (“trap or snare for fish made from twigs; (obsolete) basket”) +‎ -y (diminutive suffix). ==== Noun ==== lippy (plural lippies) (Scotland, historical) 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. Synonym: forpet ===== Alternative forms ===== lippie ===== Translations ===== === References === === Further reading === lip gloss on Wikipedia.Wikipedia lipstick on Wikipedia.Wikipedia lippy (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia