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lipped

[ lipt ]

adjective

  1. having lips or a lip.
  2. Botany. labiate.


-lipped

adjective

  1. having a lip or lips as specified

    tight-lipped

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of lipped1

Middle English word dating back to 1350–1400; lip, -ed 3
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Example Sentences

It is not uncommon for Google to tout changes and updates as being good for users, while being more tight-lipped about how much the company itself also benefits or how any given change may negatively impact businesses and publishers.

An FBI agent shot a man as the two rode aboard a Metro Red Line train in Maryland this week, a spokesman for the transit system said Thursday afternoon, as officials remained tight-lipped about the case.

Robinhood executives are tight-lipped about what those products and services will be or when they’ll arrive.

From Fortune

Pelosi has been notoriously tight-lipped about whom she would like her successor to be.

From Fortune

The numbers speak to a stark reality of systemic bias within the awards themselves, as the tight-lipped academy reveals little about its process.

From Ozy

Major League Baseball, though, is still being tight-lipped about what the end of the embargo might mean for the sport.

Missy also gets a bit tight-lipped when it comes to her personal life.

Get past the fauxhawk, and you find soulful eyes and a bright thin-lipped smile that say, “You can trust me.”

The actress is tight-lipped about the final season of ‘Mad Men.’

Everybody involved in assisting the Malaysians has been very tight-lipped about what is going on.

She carried a broken-lipped jug, and was on her way to the shop which was at least the second cause of all her woes.

He had a roundish face, a little fleshy under the chin, a soft-lipped mouth that from habit he held slightly pursed, muddy eyes.

For Laura still sat at her writing-table, labouring over a paragraph, white lipped and heavy eyed.

"I guess I'm not a very—good business manager," faltered the red-lipped voice with incongruous pathos.

Most of these were workmen of some kind or other, called in to help the lab crew as needed, but all of them were tight-lipped.

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