Definition of Lip off

1. Verb. Speak spontaneously and without restraint. "She always shoots her mouth off and says things she later regrets"

Exact synonyms: Shoot One's Mouth Off
Generic synonyms: Mouth, Speak, Talk, Utter, Verbalise, Verbalize

Lexicographical Neighbors of Lip Off

lip-syncs
lip balm
lip bear
lip bears
lip bumper
lip clap
lip dub
lip duo
lip fern
lip gloss
lip glosses
lip liner
lip liners
lip lock
lip off (current term)
lip piercing
lip pits
lip plug
lip reader
lip reading
lip reflex
lip rouge
lip sync
lip synch
lip synchronisation
lip synchronization
lip syncs

Literary usage of Lip off

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Journal of the British Dental Association by British Dental Association (1890)
"But at the end of a fortnight, when the ulcer was healed, I found that the effort :o keep the lip off the tooth, which was at first voluntary, ..."

2. Encyclopedia of Comedy: For Professional Entertainers, Social Clubs by James Melville Janson (1899)
"... had the warmest little foot; he almost burned my lip off. Sam ! my old man used to tell me that it took four thousand bees to weigh a pound, ..."

3. The Burman, His Life and Notions by James George Scott (1882)
"... a fungus of a new kind, or some hitherto undiscovered lichen, and had thoughts of chipping a bit of the lip off' and sending it to the British Museum. ..."

4. The Uncivilized Races of Men in All Countries of the World: Being a by John George Wood (1883)
"He is so delighted with this idea that le fails to perceive the hunters, who usually lip off behind a tree as they near him, but ometimes boldly retain ..."

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