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When referring to the mouth, "lip" is a countable noun. You can refer to them individually (upper lip, lower lip) or as a pair (lips). In the sense of disrespectful talk, "lip" is used as an uncountable noun. For example, you say "too much lip," not "too many lips." The verb usage is relatively rare and mostly used in specific crafts like pottery or in specialized contexts regarding speech.

💬Casual Conversation

🎬Tuesday afternoon during a high-stress quarterly review meeting.

Jessica

The intern just gave the CEO some serious lip. I'm spiraling.

David

He's just disrupting the status quo. Totally synergistic move.

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Jessica uses 'lip' as a noun meaning impertinent talk, reflecting her anxiety over social friction in the office. David responds with corporate buzzwords ('disrupting', 'synergistic') to sound like a visionary manager, even though he is misapplying them to an inappropriate situation.

Meanings

noun

Either of the two fleshy folds forming the upper and lower edges of the opening of the mouth.

"She bit her lower lip in nervousness."

noun

The rim or edge of a vessel, container, or hollow object.

"Water spilled over the lip of the glass."

noun

Impertinent or disrespectful talk; sass.

"Don't give me any of your lip!"

verb (transitive)

To provide something with a lip or rim, or to move the lips without producing sound.

"The artisan carefully lipped the edge of the clay pot."

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