Lips Common

Definition, synonyms and related words

Definitions

Noun

plural of lip

"She pressed her lips together tightly to keep from laughing at his joke."

Verb

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of lip

"She leaned in and gave him a quick peck on the lips before rushing out the door."

to kiss, to smooch

In plain English: To lip means to speak by moving your mouth without making any sound.

"The old man would often lip his way through the song when he couldn't remember the words."

Example Sentences

"The old man would often lip his way through the song when he couldn't remember the words." verb

"The heavy rain began to lips against the windowpane with a rhythmic drumming sound." verb

"As the water level rose, it started to lips over the edge of the embankment and flood the lower fields." verb

"We watched anxiously as the rising tide would soon lips onto the sandbars near our dock." verb

Origin

The word lips was borrowed into English from Dutch and North German as a nickname derived from the personal name Philips. It originally referred to people named Philip rather than having any connection to body parts.

Rhyming Words

ips dips tips nips rips yips pips mips sips kips vips hips fips zips blips flips crips skips whips clips

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