harelip
2
9.9
- noun
- /ˈhɛrˌlɪp/
- Slur
- Well, so far the killer's gone after a girl with a harelip, a young lady in a wheelchair, a boy with psoriasis, and another with one testicle.
Examples
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Victim had a harelip.
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"Lily couldn't believe she was sitting there listening to him do his imitation of Moses with a harelip."
Fiction book (1999) -
Precisely, a harelip, a common birth defect.
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My mother had never had what you could properly call a harelip, but her lip was wide and gently peaked at the top.
Fiction book (1998) -
Perhaps the barmaid from Aucoin's, or the girl with the harelip who did the shop's books.
Fiction book (2000) -
Regina had a thick scar from a harelip, and here he was with his cup of punch, asking Luz how she liked school.
Fiction book (1996) -
Rhonda's friend Patsy was on duty out at the hospital when that last one was born and she heard Doreen... say to her brother when they brought the baby to her, ''Look, it's got a harelip just like us.''
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Billy had a harelip, which required surgery to correct.
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The doctor explained that a harelip is a congenital condition affecting the upper lip.
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During her presentation, she addressed the medical aspects of having a harelip.
Synonyms
2
2.7
A split in the upper lip that is there at birth
A split in the middle of the upper lip that a baby has from birth
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Harelip comes from people comparing the split in the upper lip to the mouth of a hare, so the name is simply hare + lip. Today this word is seen as offensive and is usually replaced by the medical term 'cleft lip'.