lippy

[ lip-ee ]

adjective

, lip·pi·er, lip·pi·est.

1. having large or prominent lips.
2. Slang. impudent; fresh.

lippy

¹

/ ˈlɪpɪ /

adjective

1. insolent or cheeky

lippy

²

/ ˈlɪpɪ /

noun

1. informal.
   lipstick

Other Words From

• lippi·ness noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of lippy¹

First recorded in 1870–75; lip + -y ¹

Example Sentences

“I get too lippy with him, he brings me over to his car, and just I didn’t help my situation at all,” he said in the video, calling his behavior “ridiculous,” “immature” and “disrespectful.”

From Los Angeles Times

Under Hudes’s direction, the Author is played by five performers referred to collectively on the pages of the script as Grrrls, a lippy Greek chorus.

From New York Times

Directed by the pair for Dead Centre — their Dublin company, familiar to New York audiences for the shows “Lippy” and “Hamnet” — it whittles Chekhov’s script down to a bare 70 minutes.

From New York Times

He asks if she would like some "lippy" on for a photograph.

From BBC

The latter is used for something called “conversation,” which can occur with a person standing way less than 6 feet away from you with that weird lippy thing fully exposed and moving around, making sounds and moving air from inside them toward your own air-holes.

From Seattle Times

Related Words

• cheeky
• cocky
• disrespectful
• glib
• offhand
• playful
• rude