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Definition of lipnext

lip

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adjective

lip

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verb

as in to wash
to flow along or against the waves, reflecting the red glow of the sunset, gently lipped the prow

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Recent Examples of lip
Noun
During a training session before the January 2024 event in Laax, Switzerland, Choi hit the lip of the slope while practicing a flat Cab 1080, breaking her back in the subsequent crash. Gawon Bae, CNN Money, 27 Mar. 2026 The journal includes reviews of specific products like Hard Candy eyeshadow marker and Sol de Janeiro Brazilian Kiss lip balm. Hanna Wickes, Kansas City Star, 26 Mar. 2026
Adjective
By After Testing Over 30 Best Sellers By Siena Gagliano Unlike balms, which can make lip color slide around, a primer locks it in while keeping lips soft and comfortable. Christa Joanna Lee, Allure, 2 Mar. 2025 Also, lip skin is thinner, making blood vessels more apparent. Scott Lafee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Mar. 2024
Verb
Despite a strong third shot, Lipsky's par putt lipped out and dropped him into a tie for third. Troy Finnegan‎, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 July 2025 While at 13-over for the tournament on the par-five fourth on Friday, Lowry missed a short putt for par, lipping the right edge. Ryan Morik, FOXNews.com, 14 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for lip
Recent Examples of Synonyms for lip
Noun
  • The footage, which shows a blue BMW tailgating a cyclist in the bike lane, forcing the cyclist to hop the curb onto the sidewalk, has since gone viral on Fetzer’s Instagram page.
    Grace Toohey, Los Angeles Times, 30 Mar. 2026
  • At one point, Fetzer’s friend is seen jumping onto a curb with his bike, apparently to avoid the vehicle.
    Sydney Barragan, Oc Register, 27 Mar. 2026
Adjective
  • Sinner, the 2024 Miami Open champion, became the first man since Roger Federer in 2017 to complete the Sunshine Double — winning Indian Wells and Miami titles back-to-back — and the first in history to win the double without losing a set.
    Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 30 Mar. 2026
  • Seven stacks of tiny paper cups were arranged to the left, next to packets of Nescafé, pouches of two-minute noodles, and a double gas burner connected to the cylinder—the main tool of his trade.
    Nathan Heller, New Yorker, 30 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • Raw meat was frozen in trash bags and an employee washed dishes without rinsing them.
    Eleanor Nash, Kansas City Star, 2 Apr. 2026
  • The manager ordered more sanitizer and bleach during the inspection, and the dishware was corrected to be washed manually until the dishwasher has more sanitizer.
    Paige Moore, AZCentral.com, 1 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Winds gusting as high as 100 mph at the crest.
    CA Weather Bot, Sacbee.com, 31 Mar. 2026
  • The ‘purple sky’ era Team above all, individuality yielding to the crest.
    Dan Robson, New York Times, 25 Mar. 2026
Adjective
  • While people sometimes express this view in jest, others believe the fake environment borders on a cultural abomination.
    Adam Kadlac, The Conversation, 27 Mar. 2026
  • With the Heat’s social media team posting a video of the dunks, Jakucionis joked that the video is fake.
    Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 27 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • Visitors need to splash through 20 river crossings en route to the cave.
    Nicole Young, CBS News, 29 Mar. 2026
  • Following a roughly 10-day journey, Artemis 2 aims to splash down off the coast of San Diego.
    Elizabeth Howell, Space.com, 28 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • That the shot rolled around the rim for what seemed like a moment had everyone in the downtown Sacramento venue on the edge of their seats.
    Joe Davidson March 27, Sacbee.com, 28 Mar. 2026
  • Their rim protection was even worse, conceding 84 points in the paint.
    Bennett Durando, Denver Post, 28 Mar. 2026
Adjective
  • But the social psychologists who catapulted to prominence in the early two-thousands were less interested in the richer concept of eudaemonia and more interested in a thinner, hollower, and vastly more individualistic enterprise of happiness, of simply feeling good.
    Becca Rothfeld, New Yorker, 30 Mar. 2026
  • These nanoframes, which are nanoscale metal structures with hollow, frame-like geometries, are of significant interest because of their unique ability to concentrate and manipulate light at very small scales.
    Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 30 Mar. 2026

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“Lip.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lip. Accessed 4 Apr. 2026.

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