Meaning

1 senses

  1. To curse (as if by causing a harelip),

    I don't care if it harelips the governor.

    I'm gonna get them doors open if it harelips everybody on Bear Creek!

Examples

2 sentences

  1. Harelip is an older term, now seen as derogatory, for the condition known as cleft lip.

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  2. Fishblood Tom was the son of Lionheart John and Harelip Mary.

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Origin

From hare + lip.

From hare + lip.

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Forms

harelips, harelipping, harelipped, harelipped
Base formharelip · to harelip
3rd person singularharelips
Present participleharelipping
Past simpleharelipped
Past participleharelipped

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyharelip
he, she, itharelips

Past simpleLesson

all personsharelipped

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave harelipped
he, she, ithas harelipped

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill harelip

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
hareharebrainedharemharlequin
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