Lip

/lɪp/

Synonyms for "lip" (217 found)

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Closest matches (44)

Noun(7 words)

backtalk rim sassback talkbrim brims cheek

aerophoneanswer backarticulateback talkbackchat bagpipe bank bathe bell bilge blain bleb blister blob blowblow a hornboard border bordure boss

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bow breathe brim brink brow bubble bugle bulb bulge bulla bump bunch burl buss button cahot carillon

Strong matches (65)

Noun(8 words)

cheeking coaming edgeedge offlanges gunwale jut kiss

chime chine chorus clarion clump coastcome out withcommunicate condyle convex convey deliver disclose doodledouble reeddouble-tongue dowel ear edge embouchure

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emit enunciate express featheredge fife flange flapfling offflippancy flute formulate frame fringe gall givegive expressiongive out withgive tonguegive utterancegive voicegnarl guff handle hem hill horn hump hunch impart impudence jaw jog joggle key knob knot knur

Related words (108)

knurl labellum labium labrum lap lave ledgelet outlimb limbus list loop lump marge margin mole mountain mouth mouthpiece nevus

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nub nubbin nubble osculateout withpapilloma peck peg pharisee phonate phrase pipepour forthpresent pronounce provokeput forthput in wordsragged edgeraise reed rib ridge rim ring sass sassiness sauce sauciness say selvageset forthshore shoulder side sideline skirt slide smack smooch sound spine stud style tabtalk backtellthrow offtongue toot tooter tootle triple-tongue trumpet tubercle tubercule tweedle utter valve verbalize verge verruca vesicle vocalize voice wale wart wash welt whisper whistle windwind instrumentwind the hornword

Noun(12 words)

labiallabial marginledges mouthmouth edgepeck rims sasses sassing smooch spouts upturns

Adjective(1 words)

rimmed edge

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More general

18 entries

articulator border comeback counter edgeexternal body partmargin perimeterphysical actionplant partplant structurerejoinder replication retort return riposte

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More specific

8 entries

backtalkbottle lipcup lipkisslower lippeck sassupper lip

Collocations

7 entries

give liplip balmlip readerlip servicelipsticklower lipupper lip

Inflections

3 entries

lipped lipping lips

Derivations

4 entries

lipless lipread lipreader lipstick

Sample sentences

40 total sentences available.

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There's many a slip 'twixt the cup and the lip.

Source: tatoeba (61435)

Throughout the five years of painful cancer treatments, he managed to keep a stiff upper lip.

Source: tatoeba (72492)

There's many a slip between the cup and the lip.

Source: tatoeba (73478)

Is management really going to consider our bonus, or was that just lip service?

Source: tatoeba (237972)

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