lip lock

noun, verb — 8 senses

lip lock

nounalso spelled lip-lock

› Alternative form of liplock.

1

Long kiss

  • And I was able to do it without breaking our lip lock.2008, Ni-Ni Simone, Shortie Like Mine:
  • Still, she recognized Fred as she drew back from a lingering lip lock planted squarely across Dell's lips.2014, Dan Frank, 1 Week:
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  • I turned and planted a juicy lip lock on her, to which she responded enthusiastically.2014, Jase Robertson, Good Call: Reflections on Faith, Family, and Fowl:
2

Technique for hooking a fish

  • Fish with teeth or those so heavy that they require more than a lip lock can be handled with a gill-cover grip when subdued at boatside.2012, Jay Cassell, The Ultimate Guide to Fishing Skills, Tactics, and .Techniques:

lip lock

verb

› Alternative form of lip-lock.

1

To kiss.

  • Now I know you're supposed to lip lock in the movies, right?1990, Walter Dean Myers, The Mouse rap, page 141:
  • For us black folk, I don't care if King Tut got it on with his male servants, or if Benjamin Banneker liked to lip lock with menfolk in between writing all those damn almanacs.2004, Steven G. Fullwood, Funny, page 40:
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  • When I don't have a boyfriend with which to talk, or to lip lock.2013, Aeon Sage, Sacrificing Safety: Epilog: Sacrificing Sanity, page 41:
2

To hook a fish.

  • Wading angler (above) is about to lip lock a chunky black bass.1990, Mark Thiffault, Illustrated Guide to Better Fishing, page 9:
  • To lip lock a Fattie on a hook: The sharp end enters the mouth and exits the jaw downward behind the lower lip.2011, R.G. Webb, Walleye, the Moving Target:

lip-lock

noun

› Alternative spelling of liplock.

1

Long kiss

  • But if he's recently switched from cheek-peck to lip-lock, something's up.1997, Mademoiselle: The Magazine for the Smart Young Woman:
  • After lots of talk about "the perfect kiss," their close-up lip-lock is surprisingly boring.2007 December 20, Matt Stevens, “E! Reviews: P.S. I Love You”, in E! Online, retrieved 23 Jan 2008:
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  • A couple minutes of lip-lock, and she'd been trying to get into his pants.2008, Pamela Clare, Unlawful Contact, page 147:
2

Technique for hooking a fish

  • Many bass anglers I've known prefer a lip-lock to this gill method, and it surely does work for hoisting ol' funnel-mouth into the boat.1974, Bob Zwirz, The ABC's of fishing, page 48:
  • The Leech Lake lip-lock may sound more difficult, but it's really quite easy to perform and works well on a pike that persists in rolling away from you.1993, Barry Reynolds, John Berryman, Pike on the Fly, page 129:

lip-lock

verb
1

US, Slang To kiss for an extended period of time.

  • And I'm hardly a lesbian assistant! I mean, I am an assistant, and I do like Ellen DeGeneres's talk show, and sometimes I watch The L Word, but that doesn't mean I want to lip-lock the ladies.2008, Jordan Cooke, Loose Lips #2:
  • In Psalm 85, it says that "justice and peace/ mercy and truth" have kissed. In Jesus they lip-locked forever.2009, Leonard Sweet, So Beautiful: Divine Design for Life and the Church:
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  • Michelle and Evan begin to lip-lock, and Amy tries not to watch.2010, Wes E. Samuels, Amy's Dreams, page 52:
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Fishing, Hobbies, Lifestyle To hook a fish by inserting a curled finger under the gill cover and extending it to the fish's jaw.

  • Never try to lip-lock a brawling bigmouth after dark.1992, Michigan Out-of-doors - Volume 46, page 40:
  • If any professional angler can tell you the best way to lip-lock a lunker, it's Jimmy Houston.2007, Field and Stream - Volume 112, page 70:
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  • To lip-lock a fish, curl your index and middle finger, then gently slide those two fingers under the gill cover and forward toward the fish's nose, applying slight outward pressure with your fingertips until your fingers stop just under the fish's jaw.2008, Jack Burns, Rob Kimm, Pro Tacticsᵀᴹ: Muskie, page 52:

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