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What (who) is upper lip - definition
VISIBLE BODY PART AT THE MOUTH
Lips; Lip (mouth); Upper lip; F. labii superioris; Lower lip; Lip diseases; Bottom lip; Labii superioris; Upperlip; Frenulum labii superioris; Labia oris; Tubercle of the upper lip; Procheilon; Lip carcinoma; Labium superius oris; Labium superius; Labium oris; Labium inferius oris; 🗢; Labial tubercle; Labial tubercles; Tuberculum labii superioris; Tubercles of the upper lips; Tubercles of upper lips; Tubercle of upper lip; Upper lips; Human lips; Human lip
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upper lip
(upper lips)
1.
Your upper lip is the part of your face between your mouth and your nose.
The beginnings of a moustache showed on his upper lip.
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2.
Your upper lip is the higher of your two lips.
His upper lip was flat, but the lower one sagged.
? lower lip
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Stiff upper lip
WIKIMEDIA DISAMBIGUATION PAGE
Stiff Upper Lip; Stiff Upper Lip (song)
A person who is said to have a stiff upper lip displays fortitude and stoicism in the face of adversity, or exercises great self-restraint in the expression of emotion.Keep a stiff upper lip Phrases.
lip
¦ noun
1. either of the two fleshy parts forming the edges of the mouth opening.
another term for labium.
2. the edge of a hollow container or an opening.
3. informal impudent talk.
¦ verb (lips, lipping, lipped)
1. (of water) lap against.
2. Golf (of the ball) hit the rim of (a hole) but fail to go in.
Phrases
bite one's lip stifle laughter or a retort.
curl one's lip sneer.
pass one's lips be eaten, drunk, or spoken.
pay lip service to express support for insincerely.
Derivatives
lipless adjective
lip-like adjective
-lipped adjective
Origin
OE lippa, of Gmc origin.
Wikipedia
Lip
The lips are the visible body part at the mouth of many animals, including humans. Lips are soft, movable, and serve as the opening for food intake and in the articulation of sound and speech. Human lips are a tactile sensory organ, and can be an erogenous zone when used in kissing and other acts of intimacy.
Examples of use of upper lip
1. Many a frothy upper lip curled up in appreciation.
2. Stiff–upper–lip gentility has prevailed at the G–8.
3. The proverbial stiff upper lip emerges when havoc descends.
4. The British stiff upper lip apparent, the contained shock.
5. Have the Portuguese media never heard of British reserve and the stiff upper lip?