lip
164
8.4
- noun
- /lɪp/
- Informal
:
respuesta insolente
- After being scolded, he couldn't help but respond with a bit of lip that only made things worse.
- give lip
In this case, loose lips sync your App Store.
- In this case, loose lips sync your App Store.
- That's the question on everybody's lips who watch Saltburn.
Examples
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When the boss asked for feedback, she gave him some lip about his poor management style.
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In exchange, they have had to pay lip service to Federal Reserve autonomy.
Academic text (1991) -
I don't want any of your lip.
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To date, though, relevancy has been given extensive lip service but has been treated rather superficially.
Academic text (1995) -
By contrast, there are numerous groups that, while paying lip service to the two-state solution, reject Israel's right to exist.
Academic text (2011) -
Greenwashing, whereby corporations provide mere lip service to sustainability but continue their environmentally destructive practices, is a real threat.
Academic text (2012) -
The teacher warned the students that any further lip would result in detention.
Synonyms
797
8.9
Rude talk that shows disrespect
16
8.7
Rude, cheeky talk to someone in charge
4
7.2
Rude replies people give to someone in charge
2
7.7
Rude replies to a person in charge
1
8.6
Rude talk that you say back to someone
A short rude reply said quickly to show anger or disrespect
Antonyms
Idioms
- Informal
Pressing your lips together to keep from laughing or saying something
Compounds
A small fern with narrow leaves that grows in dry, shaded places in the southeastern United States
- Specialized
A program or device that looks at lip movements in video and turns them into text
- Specialized
A small evergreen plant with woolly hairs on the leaf stems and underside of its leaves
- Specialized
A small green plant with smooth edges on its leaves that grows in shady rocky places
- Specialized
A fern with tall upright leaves that grows in dry rocky places in the US southwest
- Specialized
A small North American evergreen fern with soft wool-like hairs on stems and the underside of leaves
How Rude
Surface Forms
Etymology
A helpful way to remember the informal sense of lip meaning 'rude talk' is to think of someone moving their lips to answer back. To 'give lip' is to give cheeky words to someone in charge.