lippy
Lip gloss or lipstickLip gloss or lipstick; (countable) a stick of this product.
Meaning
2 senses(New Zealand, UK, also, colloquial, uncountable)Lip gloss or lipstick; (countable) a stick of this product.
(New Zealand, Scotland, UK, also, colloquial, 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.
Origin
From lip(stick) or lip (gloss) + -y (diminutive suffix). From leap (“trap or snare for fiFrom lip(stick) or lip (gloss) + -y (diminutive suffix).
From leap (“trap or snare for fish made from twigs; (obsolete) basket”) + -y (diminutive suffix).
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Forms
plural: lippiesSynonyms
1 synonymsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
See also
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