lipstick
Americannoun
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lipsticks
plural
noun
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Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of lipstick
Explanation
Lipstick is makeup that makes your lips look darker, redder, or shinier. Your French teacher might be famous in your school for her heart-shaped glasses and bright pink lipstick. Some people like to wear lipstick every day, while others save it for fancy occasions. Most lipstick is a waxy, slightly creamy substance in a stick that's tinted with red pigment that colors your lips. It's a cosmetic that dates back at least to medieval times, and probably even farther back than that. In the 1600s, a fashionable look for upper class European women was a pale white face and bright red lipstick.
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The movie ends with everyone chattering and trying on lipstick, which suggests that the ambition level wasn’t terribly high in the first place.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026
Tucker calls from her home, a blurred background behind her, wearing a white blouse and lipstick.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 3, 2026
Its factories can supply everything from frozen meat and candy to lipstick, medicine capsules and sports hijabs.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 12, 2026
What to be aware of: Whatever your look, don't share your balm or lipstick.
From BBC ● Jul. 30, 2026
There was Mama, with her lipstick just right, smiling at Daddy, who was helping my plate with peas.
From Each Little Bird That Sings by Deborah Wiles
The auction also features several of Monroe's personal make-up products, including lipsticks, blush and eyeliner pencil, which the auction company noted has continued to captivate people on TikTok hoping to recreate Monroe's look.
From BBC ● Jun. 4, 2026
It launched a range of $160 Louis Vuitton lipsticks in August and will keep a tight leash on manufacturing and distribution.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 20, 2025
It worked out that lipsticks, glosses and balms were usually affordable.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 21, 2024
Mr. Wells took matter into his own hands, blending lipsticks and eye shadows with palettes intended for white skin tones so they would work for his Black clients.
From New York Times ● Jan. 12, 2024
The arsenal of lipsticks in her purse and her ability to deploy them perfectly was the kind of social prowess I dreamed of.
From "Love, Hate & Other Filters" by Samira Ahmed
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