Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun An old Scotch dry measure, the fourth part of a peck: same as forpet.
  • Full of lip (see lip, n., 3); impertinent and voluble in speech; saucy.

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  • adjective informal Talking back, in a cheeky manner.
  • noun colloquial lipstick
  • noun colloquial lip gloss

Etymologies

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lip +‎ -y

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Examples

  • Who cares whether the girl was "lippy," or that she may have referred to the officers as "fat pigs."

    Norm Stamper: Police Brutality: Deal With It 2009

  • Everyone knows that as prudent people we ordinarily should not get "lippy" with a police officer, but Professor Gates is not guilty of violating that maxim.

    Harvey Grossman: A Matter of No Middle Ground 2009

  • Now, although Mr. and Mr. Bjornstam are hard-working and prosperous, they are still shunned, partly because of their foreignness and low class but mostly because the agnostic Miles has been "lippy" about the greatest nation in the country and the most perfect of its Main Streets.

    The Romance of Sinclair Lewis Vidal, Gore 1992

  • A recent profile in Sports Illustrated revealed him to have been a teenage handful, the kind of lippy kid who spoke before he thought and acted like he was the best thing that had ever happened to American "soccer".

    The Guardian World News 2010

  • A recent profile in Sports Illustrated revealed him to have been a teenage handful, the kind of lippy kid who spoke before he thought and acted like he was the best thing that had ever happened to American "soccer".

    Football news, match reports and fixtures | guardian.co.uk 2010

  • Everyone knows that as prudent people we ordinarily should not get "lippy" with a police officer, but Professor Gates is not guilty of violating that maxim.

    The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com 2009

  • Who cares whether the girl was "lippy," or that she may have referred to the officers as

    The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com 2009

  • Everyone knows that as prudent people we ordinarily should not get "lippy" with a police officer, but Professor Gates is not guilty of violating that maxim.

    The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com 2009

  • a "lippy" of shortbread and a "brew" of toddy; but open Bibles lay on the table, and the eyes of each were on his neighbours to catch them transgressing, and offer up a prayer for them on the spot.

    Auld Licht Idylls 1898

  • a rule, of a "lippy" of short bread and a "brew" of toddy; but open

    Auld Licht Idyls 1898

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  • Australian abbreviation for lipstick.

    June 11, 2009

  • Location-Independent Professional

    August 22, 2009

  • "2. An old Scotch dry measure, the fourth part of a peck: same as forpet. The lippy was the sixteenth part of the firlot, which was the fourth part of the boll. For the different sizes of those measures, see firlot and boll."

    - Century Dictionary

    August 20, 2010

  • Don't get lippy with me!

    August 27, 2010