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How to pronounce lips in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms brim, rim
Type of edge
Has types shoe collar, collar
Type Words
Synonyms back talk, backtalk, mouth, sass, sassing
Type of rejoinder, riposte, comeback, counter, return, retort, replication
Type Words
Type of plant part, plant structure
Type Words
Type of articulator, external body part
Has types overlip, underlip
Type Words
Type of margin, perimeter, border

Examples of lips

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The color is very subtle and gives lips a sheer blush that looks really natural.
From the sacbee.com
Starbucks customers will soon get a jolt before any caffeine touches their lips.
From the dailyherald.com
Tiny sugar crystals and raspberry oil slough and smooth lips and their contours.
From the nzherald.co.nz
That's not so bad, though, since I haven't used it to line my lips for 14 years.
From the ocregister.com
Orang-utans also produce kiss squeaks with their lips alone or with their hands.
From the newscientist.com
Whatever the reason, we talked non-stop and not one word of DIY passed our lips.
From the telegraph.co.uk
It numbs everything the instant it touches your lips and moves down your throat.
From the nzherald.co.nz
Some young ladies, their lips are silent, but their eyes speak novels, he added.
From the washingtontimes.com
Claude had finished rolling the joint and was passing it in and out of his lips.
From the theatlantic.com
More examples
  • Either of two fleshy folds of tissue that surround the mouth and play a role in speaking
  • (botany) either of the two parts of a bilabiate corolla or calyx
  • Sass: an impudent or insolent rejoinder; "don't give me any of your sass"
  • Brim: the top edge of a vessel or other container
  • Either the outer margin or the inner margin of the aperture of a gastropod's shell
  • (lipped) having a lip or lips; "a lipped bowl"; "a virgin purest lipped"- John Keats
  • Lips are a visible body part at the mouth of humans and many animals. Lips are soft, movable, and serve as the opening for food intake and in the articulation of sound and speech. Human lips are a tactile sensory organ, and can be erogenous when used in kissing and other acts of intimacy.
  • LIP is a French watch and clock company whose turmoil became emblematic of the conflicts between workers and management in France.
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