lipstick en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ˈlɪpˌstɪk/ (General-American)
- /ˈlɪpstɪk/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- (General-American) audio
Etymology
Etymology tree English lip Proto-Indo-European *(s)teyg- Proto-Indo-European *stignéh₂- Proto-Germanic *stikkōną Proto-Germanic *stikkô Proto-West Germanic *stikkō Old English sticca Middle English stikke English stick English lipstick From lip + stick.
Meanings
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(uncountable, usually) Makeup for the lips.
In fact, I just saw the movie Shirley Valentine (for the umpteenth time!), and couldn't even look at the adult Marjorie Majors without seeing Patsy and her boofed up hair and red lipstick and long cigarette holder.
2003 August 31, TammyM, “Re: OT: Penis Casino; free Viagra!”, in alt.support.stop-smoking (Usenet):Are you wearing any lipstick today?
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(countable, usually) A stick of this makeup.
She darkens up her eyebrows with it and then runs a tube of pink lipstick over her mouth. She immediately wipes it off with the palm of her hand. She should have black lipstick. A true ninja woman would wear black lipstick.
2021 December 27, Linda MorningStar, Destiny's Wavering Road, Dorrance Publishing, →ISBN, page 164:I'd like three lipsticks in this shade.
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(countable, informal, usually) A dog's penis.
“So she storms off, yelling at me, ‘Tell your dog to put his lipstick back in its case!’ and that dog and I just stared after them. Both of us were totally smitten.”
2012, Sarah Pekkanen, These Girls, Washington Square Press, →ISBN, page 241:I looked over at our new house-wolf, hoping for a connection, but it was too soon. I felt nothing but resentment. What I saw, however, was something I would have to look away from regularly. He had his lipstick out.
2019, anonymous author, chapter 15, in You Shot My Dog and I Love You, Mercier Press, →ISBN:“Speaking of loyalty…” I give Shit a nasty side-eye but he only pants at me, eyes slightly glazed. That’s when I realize his lipstick is all the way out. “Hey, stop turning my dog on,” I tell Mac.
2021, Kate Karyus Quinn, Demitria Lunetta, Marley Lynn, chapter 12, in The Lying, the Witch, & the Werewolf (Down & Dirty Supernatural Cleaning Services; book 4), Little Fish Publishing:
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(abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, slang, usually) Ellipsis of lipstick lesbian.
alt of lipstick lesbian
Joya was what they called a Lipstick Lesbian. Without wandering too far through the minefield that gay culture can be for the moderately indoctrinated, let stand the observation that this thriving local fauna (The Lipsticks, that is) struck some observers as representing a step up (or forward) in the social evolution of female homosexuality.
2006, Stephen Siciliano, The Sidewalk Smokers Club, page 82:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| lipsticks | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
put lipstick on a pig · lipstick plant · lipstick tree · lipstick effect · lipstickless · lipsticky · lipstick lesbian
Descendants
লিপস্টিক · lipstick · लिपस्टिक · ລິບສະຕິກ · リップスティック · lipstik · ลิปสติก · 립스틱
Translations (183)
he אודם (make-up for the lips) · nl lippenstift (make-up for the lips) · ky эрин помадасы (make-up for the lips) · uk пома́да (make-up for the lips) · fr rouge à lèvres (stick of this make-up) · ro ruj (stick of this make-up) · kw minliw (make-up for the lips) · es bilé (make-up for the lips) · km ក្រែមលាបមាត់ (make-up for the lips) · mi pani ngutu (stick of this make-up) · ast barra de llabios (make-up for the lips) · ar أَحْمَر شِفَاه (make-up for the lips) · hy շրթներկ (stick of this make-up) · is varalitur (make-up for the lips) · nn lepestift (make-up for the lips) · sh ка̀рмӣн (stick of this make-up) · ro roșu de buze (make-up for the lips) · vi cây son (make-up for the lips) · ky ооз боёк (make-up for the lips) · dsb nagubny barwik (make-up for the lips) · es colorete (make-up for the lips) · hy շրթներկ (make-up for the lips) · uk губна́ пома́да (make-up for the lips) · ja リップスティック (stick of this make-up) · pl szminka (stick of this make-up) · sh rȗž (stick of this make-up) · ur لِپ اَسْٹِک (make-up for the lips) · es lápiz labial (make-up for the lips) · af lipstiffie (make-up for the lips) · ca pintallavis (make-up for the lips) · pl szminka (make-up for the lips) · es carmín (make-up for the lips) · ko 루주 (make-up for the lips) · ga béaldath (make-up for the lips) · uz lab boʻyogʻi (make-up for the lips) · cy minlliw (make-up for the lips) · es rouge (make-up for the lips) · ckb سوراو (make-up for the lips) · afb حمرة (make-up for the lips) · lad ruj (make-up for the lips) · fy lippestift (make-up for the lips) · sh rȗž (make-up for the lips) · pa ਲਿਪਸਟਿਕ (make-up for the lips) · cs rtěnka (stick of this make-up) · fr rouge à lèvres (make-up for the lips) · sh ка̀рмӣн (make-up for the lips) · eo lipbastoneto (make-up for the lips) · es pintalabios (make-up for the lips) · es lápiz labial (stick of this make-up) · mn уруулын энгэсэг (make-up for the lips) · kk далап (make-up for the lips) · el κραγιόν (make-up for the lips) · ja リップスティック (make-up for the lips) · mn уруулын будаг (make-up for the lips) · ru губна́я пома́да (stick of this make-up) · rm lefzagl (make-up for the lips) · sv läppstift (stick of this make-up) · ka პომადა (make-up for the lips) · kmr sorav (make-up for the lips) · be губна́я пама́да (make-up for the lips) · et huulepulk (make-up for the lips) · mk црвило (make-up for the lips) · mk кармин (make-up for the lips) · nv zábąąh bee yichxíhí (make-up for the lips) · ru пома́да (make-up for the lips) · la labrum baculum (make-up for the lips) · mk црвило (stick of this make-up) · scn pittamussu (make-up for the lips) · ce балдех хьокху хьакхар (make-up for the lips) · kk ерін далабы (make-up for the lips) · cmn 唇膏 (make-up for the lips) · es rush (make-up for the lips) · ka ტუჩის საცხი (make-up for the lips) · eu ezpainetako (make-up for the lips) · yue 唇膏 (make-up for the lips) · nl lipstick (make-up for the lips) · prs لَبسِرِین (make-up for the lips) · rcf far (make-up for the lips) · ja 口紅 (make-up for the lips) · nl lippenrood (make-up for the lips) · pms russet (make-up for the lips) · km ក្រេម (make-up for the lips) · ko 입술연지 (make-up for the lips) · ko 립스틱 (stick of this make-up) · tl lipstik (make-up for the lips) · rm bellet da lefs (make-up for the lips) · hi लिपस्टिक (make-up for the lips) · hu rúzs (make-up for the lips) · da læbestift (stick of this make-up) · id lipstik (make-up for the lips) · pt batom (make-up for the lips) · es bilet (make-up for the lips) · lo ລິບສະຕິກ (make-up for the lips) · nn leppestift (stick of this make-up) · sk rúž (stick of this make-up) · es lápiz de labios (make-up for the lips) · sv läppstift (make-up for the lips) · fa-ira رُژِ لَب (make-up for the lips) · sh ру̑ж (stick of this make-up) · bo མཆུ་ཏོ་དམར་པོ་བཟོ་ཡག (make-up for the lips) · hu ajakrúzs (stick of this make-up) · fa-ira ماتیک (make-up for the lips) · th ลิปสติก (make-up for the lips) · zdj mlala (make-up for the lips) · as লিপিষ্টিক (make-up for the lips) · sw rangi ya mdomo (make-up for the lips) · zdj mlala (stick of this make-up) · nl lipstick (stick of this make-up) · tr ruj (make-up for the lips) · ca pintallavis (stick of this make-up) · da læbestift (make-up for the lips) · haw pena waha (make-up for the lips) · cmn 唇膏 (stick of this make-up) · bg черви́ло (make-up for the lips) · it rossetto (make-up for the lips) · nb leppestift (stick of this make-up) · cmn 口紅 /口红 (stick of this make-up) · ro ruj (make-up for the lips) · aeb حُمِّير (make-up for the lips) · fi huulipuna (make-up for the lips) · es pintalabios (stick of this make-up) · uz labga suriladigan pomada (make-up for the lips) · fa-ira رُژ (make-up for the lips) · nn lepestift (stick of this make-up) · ur سُرْخی (make-up for the lips) · tg лабсурхкунак (make-up for the lips) · et huulepulk (stick of this make-up) · ru губна́я пома́да (make-up for the lips) · nn leppestift (make-up for the lips) · bn লিপস্টিক (make-up for the lips) · es barra labial (stick of this make-up) · he אֹדֶם (make-up for the lips) · vi son môi (make-up for the lips) · mk кармин (stick of this make-up) · es lápiz de labios (stick of this make-up) · ms lipstik (make-up for the lips) · es labial (make-up for the lips) · fi huulipuna (stick of this make-up) · cmn 口紅 /口红 (make-up for the lips) · nl lippenstift (stick of this make-up) · yue 口紅 /口红 (make-up for the lips) · tr ruj (stick of this make-up) · scn tincimussu (make-up for the lips) · es lípstic (stick of this make-up) · id lipstik (stick of this make-up) · eo lipoŝminko (stick of this make-up) · ps لپسټیک (make-up for the lips) · gag ruj (make-up for the lips) · ja ルージュ (make-up for the lips) · acw روج (make-up for the lips) · it rossetto (stick of this make-up) · km ក្រមួនមាត់ (make-up for the lips) · ko 립스틱 (make-up for the lips) · mn уруулын будаг (stick of this make-up) · eo lipruĝo (make-up for the lips) · fi huulipunapuikko (stick of this make-up) · sh ру̑ж (make-up for the lips) · oc pintrapòts (make-up for the lips) · sh kàrmīn (make-up for the lips) · pt batom (stick of this make-up) · la baculum (make-up for the lips) · fur sbelet (make-up for the lips) · mi ripitiki (make-up for the lips) · az dodaq boyası (make-up for the lips) · gv beeal-daah (make-up for the lips) · eo lipoŝminko (make-up for the lips) · arz روچ (make-up for the lips) · mi pani ngutu (make-up for the lips) · nb leppestift (make-up for the lips) · sh kàrmīn (stick of this make-up) · pl barwidło (make-up for the lips) · tl lipstik (stick of this make-up) · br ruz-muzelloù (make-up for the lips) · sk rúž (make-up for the lips) · bg черви́ло (stick of this make-up) · cs rtěnka (make-up for the lips) · ms gincu (make-up for the lips) · he שְׂפָתוֹן (make-up for the lips) · pa سُرْخی (make-up for the lips) · tsg atal (make-up for the lips) · af lipstiffie (stick of this make-up) · hsb barbjenčk (make-up for the lips) · de Lippenstift (make-up for the lips)