noun, verb ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A congenital malformation of the upper lip, reminiscent of the mouth of a hare.
2. 2
   a congenital cleft in the middle of the upper lip wordnet

Verb

1. 1
   To curse (as if by causing a harelip), transitive

   "I don't care if it harelips the governor."

Synonyms

All synonyms

cleft lipbowlegscamelbackcheiloschisiscleft lipcleft palate

Example

More examples

"Harelip is an older term, now seen as derogatory, for the condition known as cleft lip."

Etymology

From hare + lip.

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.