Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An old Scotch dry measure, the fourth part of a peck: same as
forpet . - Full of lip (see
lip , n., 3); impertinent and voluble in speech; saucy.
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- adjective informal
Talking back , in acheeky manner . - noun colloquial
lipstick - noun colloquial
lip gloss
Etymologies
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Examples
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Who cares whether the girl was "lippy," or that she may have referred to the officers as "fat pigs."
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Everyone knows that as prudent people we ordinarily should not get "lippy" with a police officer, but Professor Gates is not guilty of violating that maxim.
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Now, although Mr. and Mr. Bjornstam are hard-working and prosperous, they are still shunned, partly because of their foreignness and low class but mostly because the agnostic Miles has been "lippy" about the greatest nation in the country and the most perfect of its Main Streets.
The Romance of Sinclair Lewis Vidal, Gore 1992
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A recent profile in Sports Illustrated revealed him to have been a teenage handful, the kind of lippy kid who spoke before he thought and acted like he was the best thing that had ever happened to American "soccer".
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A recent profile in Sports Illustrated revealed him to have been a teenage handful, the kind of lippy kid who spoke before he thought and acted like he was the best thing that had ever happened to American "soccer".
Football news, match reports and fixtures | guardian.co.uk 2010
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Everyone knows that as prudent people we ordinarily should not get "lippy" with a police officer, but Professor Gates is not guilty of violating that maxim.
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Who cares whether the girl was "lippy," or that she may have referred to the officers as
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Everyone knows that as prudent people we ordinarily should not get "lippy" with a police officer, but Professor Gates is not guilty of violating that maxim.
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a "lippy" of shortbread and a "brew" of toddy; but open Bibles lay on the table, and the eyes of each were on his neighbours to catch them transgressing, and offer up a prayer for them on the spot.
Auld Licht Idylls 1898
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a rule, of a "lippy" of short bread and a "brew" of toddy; but open
Auld Licht Idyls 1898
AlexisW commented on the word lippy
Australian abbreviation for lipstick.
June 11, 2009
whichbe commented on the word lippy
Location-Independent Professional
August 22, 2009
ruzuzu commented on the word lippy
"2. An old Scotch dry measure, the fourth part of a peck: same as forpet. The lippy was the sixteenth part of the firlot, which was the fourth part of the boll. For the different sizes of those measures, see firlot and boll."
- Century Dictionary
August 20, 2010
jdellese commented on the word lippy
Don't get lippy with me!
August 27, 2010