lipstick

[ lip-stik ]

noun

1. a crayonlike oil-based cosmetic used in coloring the lips, usually in a tubular container.

lipstick

/ ˈlɪpˌstɪk /

noun

1. a cosmetic for colouring the lips, usually in the form of a stick

Word History and Origins

Origin of lipstick¹

An Americanism dating back to 1875–80; lip + stick ¹

Example Sentences

Plus, the West had antibiotics — which spread willy-nilly not just in medications, but in toothpaste, lipstick and, perhaps most dangerously, into farm animals to promote growth.

From Salon

Far from all Londoners falling back on dull neutrals, Durran found red was “in the fashion ether at the time”; makeup designer Naomi Donne also goes crimson for Rita’s lipstick.

From Los Angeles Times

If I were to be half-honest with you, I’d say that the experience of trying on my grandmother’s Clinique lipstick in Raspberry Glace when I was 4 was memorable for the realization that color was something you could wear and that I had a lifetime of finger-painting my face to look forward to.

From Los Angeles Times

Head-to-toe Chanel leaves nothing to the imagination; a Chanel lipstick winks as it’s unsheathed, as if to say, “This $50 stick is just the tip of the iceberg.”

From Los Angeles Times

The seven of us fall on a spectrum that ranges from Aquaphor to nude Armani lipstick.

From Los Angeles Times

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