LIPPY

Etymology 1

Adjective

lippy (comparative lippier, superlative lippiest)

(informal) Having prominent lips.

(informal) Having a tendency to talk back in a cheeky or impertinent manner.

Synonym: contrarious

Etymology 2

Noun

lippy (countable and uncountable, plural lippies) (originally, Australia, now also Britain, New Zealand, colloquial)

(uncountable) Lip gloss or lipstick; (countable) a stick of this product.

Etymology 3

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

Source: Wiktionary



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