lipstick

English

Etymology

lip +‎ stick

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈlɪpˌstɪk/
  • Audio (US)(file)

Noun

lipstick (usually uncountable, plural lipsticks)

  1. (uncountable) makeup for the lips.
    Are you wearing any lipstick today?
  2. (countable) A stick of this make-up.
    I'd like three lipsticks in this shade.

Derived terms

Descendants

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Verb

lipstick (third-person singular simple present lipsticks, present participle lipsticking, simple past and past participle lipsticked)

  1. (transitive) To apply lipstick to; to paint with lipstick.
    • 1936, Liberty (volume 13, issue 4, page 55)
      She had even white teeth and a mouth that needed no lipsticking.

Anagrams

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English lipstick.

Pronunciation
  • Audio(file)
  • Hyphenation: lip‧stick

Noun

lipstick m (plural lipsticks, diminutive lipstickje n)

  1. lipstick

Synonyms

Spanish

Noun

lipstick m (plural lipsticks)

  1. lipstick
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