lippy
Americanadjective
noun
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Origin of lippy
Example Sentences
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“I get too lippy with him, he brings me over to his car, and just I didn’t help my situation at all,” he said in the video, calling his behavior “ridiculous,” “immature” and “disrespectful.”
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 8, 2023
He can be lippy or lose his cool, and can have a very caustic edge whether joking or not.
From BBC • Dec. 24, 2020
She is Jackie, the funny, lippy mate of Dawn, played by Brenda Blethyn, who is a lot quieter and devoted to her family.
From The Guardian • Jun. 25, 2020
A Spokesman Finds Fame Interviewing Tiny Experts How ubiquitous are those AT&T commercials with the inquisitive guy talking earnestly with the cute, lippy children?
From New York Times • Jul. 3, 2013
We’d already seen how she could make short work of peddlers even when they weren’t lippy.
From "A Long Way from Chicago" by Richard Peck
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