lippy /ˈlɪpi/adjective 2noun 3forms 3 adjective2 •(informal) Having prominent lips.His eyes were large and prominent, his mouth wide and lippy, and as he bent over his books he emitted sundry low growls and grunts, plainly indicating that his temper was none of the sweetest. — 1906 •(informal) Having a tendency to talk back in a cheeky or impertinent manner.Don't give me any lip! I don't like how lippy you've been acting lately! Clean your room. noun3 •(UK, informal) Lip gloss or lipstick; (countable) a stick of this product.I'm worried I'm turning into a 1950s housewife: the other day I found myself tidying up the sitting room and putting on some lippie before Tony got home from work! — 2008 •[in the plural] (informal) Diminutive of lip.Those sweet little lippies, like rosebuds at e’en, / Encircle a pipe-stem, impure and unclean? — 1873 •(Scotland, historical) An old dry measure amounting to one quarter of a peck (for goods sold by weight, 1¾ pounds or about four-fifths of a kilogram); also, a container of that capacity.I sowed on this Ground, without any Dung or Manure, a Lippy of Oats, from which I had a Boll wanting a Chopin. — 1742 formslippies · lippier · lippiest
