lip off
lip off · lips off · lipped off · lipping off
To speak rudely, harshly or belligerentlyTo speak rudely, harshly or belligerently.
Meaning
1 senses(colloquial)To speak rudely, harshly or belligerently.
More definitions
- speak spontaneously and without restraint
Forms
lips off, lipping off, lipped off, lipped off| Base form | lip off · to lip off |
|---|---|
| 3rd person singular | lips off |
| Present participle | lipping off |
| Past simple | lipped off |
| Past participle | lipped off |
irregular
Phrasal verbs
2 phrasal verbsSynonyms
1 synonymsClose in meaning
- speak spontaneously and without restraint:shoot one's mouth off
Lessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Phrasal verbs: introduction — Because it is a phrasal verb
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.