LIPSTICK

lipstick, lip rouge

(noun) makeup that is used to color the lips

lipstick

(verb) apply lipstick to; “She lipsticked her mouth”

lipstick

(verb) form by tracing with lipstick; “The clown had lipsticked circles on his cheeks”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

lipstick (usually uncountable, plural lipsticks)

(uncountable) Makeup for the lips.

(countable) A stick of this make-up.

Verb

lipstick (third-person singular simple present lipsticks, present participle lipsticking, simple past and past participle lipsticked)

(transitive) To apply lipstick to; to paint with lipstick.

Anagrams

• lickspit, picklist

Source: Wiktionary



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28 April 2024

POLYGENIC

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