Limp vs. Lip

Limpverb

(intransitive) To walk lamely, as if favouring one leg.

Lipnoun

(countable) Either of the two fleshy protrusions around the opening of the mouth.

Limpverb

To travel with a malfunctioning system of propulsion.

‘The bomber limped home on one engine.’;

Lipnoun

(countable) A part of the body that resembles a lip, such as the edge of a wound or the labia.

Limpverb

To move or proceed irregularly.

‘limping verses’;

Lipnoun

The projecting rim of an open container; a short open spout.

Limpverb

To call.

Lipnoun

Backtalk; verbal impertinence.

‘Don’t give me any lip!’;

Limpverb

(intransitive) To be inadequate or unsatisfactory.

Lipnoun

The edge of a high spot of land.

Limpverb

To happen; befall; chance.

Lipnoun

The sharp cutting edge on the end of an auger.

Limpverb

To come upon; meet.

Lipnoun

(botany) One of the two opposite divisions of a labiate corolla.

Limpnoun

An irregular, jerky or awkward gait

‘She walks with a limp.’;

Lipnoun

(botany) The distinctive petal of the Orchis family.

Limpnoun

A scraper for removing poor ore or refuse from the sieve

Lipnoun

(zoology) One of the edges of the aperture of a univalve shell.

Limpnoun

A code-word among Jacobites, standing for Louis XIV, James II, Queen Mary of Modena and the Prince of Wales.

Lipnoun

Embouchure: the condition or strength of a wind instrumentalist's lips.

Limpnoun

A scraper of board or sheet-iron shaped like half the head of a small cask, used for scraping the ore off the sieve in the operation of hand-jigging.

Lipverb

(transitive) To touch or grasp with the lips; to kiss; to lap the lips against (something).

Limpadjective

flaccid; flabby, like flesh.

Lipverb

(of something inanimate) To touch lightly.

Limpadjective

lacking stiffness; flimsy

Lipverb

To wash against a surface, lap.

Limpadjective

(of a penis) not erect

Lipverb

(intransitive) To rise or flow up to or over the edge of something.

Limpadjective

(of a man) not having an erect penis

Lipverb

(transitive) To form the rim, edge or margin of something.

Limpadjective

physically weak

Lipverb

(transitive) To utter verbally.

Limpverb

To halt; to walk lamely. Also used figuratively.

Lipverb

(transitive) To simulate speech by moving the lips without making any sound; to mouth.

Limpnoun

A halt; the act of limping.

Lipverb

(sports) To make a golf ball hit the lip of the cup, without dropping in.

Limpnoun

A scraper for removing poor ore or refuse from the sieve.

Lipverb

To change the sound of (a musical note played on a wind instrument) by moving or tensing the lips.

Limpadjective

Flaccid; flabby, as flesh.

Lipnoun

One of the two fleshy folds which surround the orifice of the mouth in man and many other animals. In man the lips are organs of speech essential to certain articulations. Hence, by a figure they denote the mouth, or all the organs of speech, and sometimes speech itself.

‘Thine own lips testify against thee.’;

Limpadjective

Lacking stiffness; flimsy; as, a limp cravat.

Lipnoun

An edge of an opening; a thin projecting part of anything; a kind of short open spout; as, the lip of a vessel.

Limpnoun

the uneven manner of walking that results from an injured leg

Lipnoun

The sharp cutting edge on the end of an auger.

Limpverb

walk impeded by some physical limitation or injury;

‘The old woman hobbles down to the store every day’;

Lipnoun

One of the two opposite divisions of a labiate corolla.

Limpverb

proceed slowly or with difficulty;

‘the boat limped into the harbor’;

Lipnoun

One of the edges of the aperture of a univalve shell.

Limpadjective

lacking in strength or firmness or resilience;

‘flaccid muscles’; ‘took his lax hand in hers’; ‘gave a limp handshake’; ‘a limp gesture as if waving away all desire to know’; ‘a slack grip’;

Lipnoun

Impudent or abusive talk; as, don't give me any of your lip.

Limpadjective

not firm;

‘wilted lettuce’;

Lipverb

To touch with the lips; to put the lips to; hence, to kiss.

‘The bubble on the wine which breaksBefore you lip the glass.’; ‘A hand that kingsHave lipped and trembled kissing.’;

Limp

A limp is a type of asymmetric abnormality of the gait. Limping may be caused by pain, weakness, neuromuscular imbalance, or a skeletal deformity.

Lipverb

To utter; to speak.

Lipverb

To clip; to trim.

Lipnoun

fleshy folds of tissue as those surrounding the mouth

Lipnoun

an impudent or insolent rejoinder;

‘don't give me any of your sass’;

Lipnoun

the top edge of a vessel

Lip

Lips are a 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.