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liplock en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /ˈlɪpˌlɒk/ (UK)
  • (US) audio

Etymology

From lip + lock.

Meanings

  1. (US, countable, informal, uncountable) A kiss or the act of kissing; especially a long, passionate kiss.
    • We figgered a gal might give us a lil liplock. 1989, Charles Nelson, Panthers in the Skins of Men, page 25:
    • Dhiraj leaned over and kissed her on the lips. She gently returned the liplock. 2015, Bryan Cohen, Portal Combat:
    • The character is also denied an affirming liplock with her female love interest—a former taboo that was long ago shattered by L.A. Law, Roseanne and, earlier this season, Relativity (men kissing men, on the other hand, remains, for now, a no-no). 1997 April 14, Bruce Handy, “Roll Over, Ward Cleaver”, in Time:
  2. (countable, uncountable) A maneuver in which a fish is hooked by a curled finger inserted under the gill cover and extending to the fish's jaw.
    • Regardless of whatever other qualities may differentiate Sooner fishermen, they are identical in that each has spent a good part of their lives dreaming about catching one nice bass — a whopper of such bulk that the traditional thumb and forefinger liplock wouldn't be nearly enough to hoist their catch into the boat. 1991, Outdoor Oklahoma - Volumes 47-48, page 31:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
lip-lock alternative lexicographic
liplocks Number=Plur lexicographic
lip lock alternative lexicographic

Hypernyms

lock

liplock en · VERB

Pronunciation

  • /ˈlɪpˌlɒk/ (UK)
  • (US) audio

Etymology

From lip + lock.

Meanings

  1. (alt-of, alternative) Alternative form of lip-lock.
    alt of lip-lock
    • A bout with the common cold was fair tradeoff for the chance to liplock with Joy Jeffers, the prettiest girl in school. 2000, John Paschal, Mark Louis, The Single Man, page 116:
    • In terms of effectiveness, it must have been a pretty decent line, because she just smiled and liplocked me. 1993, Louis M. Crosier, Losing It: The Virginity Myth, page 83:
    • Of course, I hadn't told David that I regarded him as sort of an amphibious starter kit, one of a series of frogs I would need to liplock on my way to finding, if not an actual prince, at the very least a somewhat normal guy. 2005, Cathryn Michon, The Grrl Genius Guide to Sex (with Other People):

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
liplocked Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
liplocked Tense=Past lexicographic
liplocks Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
lip lock alternative lexicographic
lip-lock alternative lexicographic
liplocking Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic

Relateds

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