lip-lock
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of lip-lock
Example Sentences
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Once this lip-lock has a good seal, the cookie-cutter digs in with its teeth, of which half are shaped like old-fashioned pen nibs and the other half of which resemble a bandsaw.
From Slate
Twitter also brought up the singer’s infamous lip-lock with Britney Spears at the 2003 MTV Video Music Awards, which was one in a handful of times the singer publicly showed affection for other women.
From Los Angeles Times
Hoover and Cohn, who is wrapped in an American flag skirt and kicking up a high-heeled pump, are about to lip-lock in an amorous embrace.
From Los Angeles Times
It was later revealed that Ms. Noble, wearing a wig and dressed as Ms. Bethea’s character, was the one in the onscreen lip-lock, which was shot at a suitable distance to obscure any notable physical differences between the two women.
From Washington Times
But something that was drowned out in the blare of its cannily contrived controversies — the uproar around that satanic lap dance in its music video; that lip-lock at the BET Awards; the most controversial Nikes since Heaven’s Gate — was a certain nuance in the song’s point of view.
From New York Times
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