underlip
nounUK /ˈʌndə(ɹ)ˌlɪp/ · US /ˈʌndɚˌlɪp/
Etymology From under- + lip. Compare Saterland Frisian Unnerlippe (“underlip”), German Unterlippe (“underlip”).
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The lower lip.
- He bit his under-lip as though he were somewhat unwilling, but arose.1866, Charles Dickens, The Signal-Man:
- In fact, there was such an obvious inclination to wateriness about his eye, and instability about his underlip, that Cripps found it necessary to put the conversation on a less emotional basis.1913, Norman Lindsay, A Curate in Bohemia, Sydney: N.S.W. Bookstall Co., published 1932, page 164:
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- His eyes were closed, his mouth opened. His breathing, irregular for three, then four, then five breaths, returned to its normal, soundless rhythm. Stubbled overlip and wet underlip moved about some final, silent word: […]2014, Samuel R. Delany, Tales of Nevèrÿon, →ISBN:
- Coordinate terms
- overlip