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Definition of Lip off
1. Verb. Speak spontaneously and without restraint. "She always shoots her mouth off and says things she later regrets"
Generic synonyms: Mouth, Speak, Talk, Utter, Verbalise, Verbalize
Lexicographical Neighbors of Lip Off
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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