to lipstick
5.9
To draw a colored mark on something using makeup for the lips
- verb
- /ˈlɪpˌstɪk/
:
pintar con pintalabios
- He watched as she carefully lipsticked her lips with a bright red shade.
Examples
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She decided to lipstick her lips for the photoshoot.
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I will lipstick my lips before the party starts.
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And I'm taking the point of the lipstick to kind of line my lips, and then I'm going to blend it out with a brush.
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She sort of painted lipstick on her lips so she could the dolphin could see the shape her lips was making.
Idioms
to put lipstick on a pig
- Informal
1
8.4
To make small changes to something bad so it looks better without fixing the real problem
Compounds
6.8
A small plant from warm countries with thick leaves and bright red tube flowers kept indoors
How Marked
Surface Forms
lipstick infinitive
lipsticked past
lipsticked past participle
lipsticking present participle
lipsticks third person singular
Etymology
By extension, to lipstick something can mean to mark or color it with a lipstick 'stick', for example drawing a red heart or a bold line with the product.