lipstick

Etymology

lip +‎ stick

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlɪpˌstɪk/

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Noun

lipstick (usually uncountable, plural lipsticks)

1. (uncountable) makeup for the lips.

   Are you wearing any lipstick today?

2. (countable) A stick of this make-up.

   I'd like three lipsticks in this shade.

Verb

lipstick (third-person singular simple present lipsticks, present participle lipsticking, simple past and past participle lipsticked)

1. (transitive) To apply lipstick to; to paint with lipstick.
   • 1936, Liberty (volume 13, issue 4, page 55)

     She had even white teeth and a mouth that needed no lipsticking.

Anagrams

• lickspit, picklist

Etymology

Borrowed from English lipstick.

Pronunciation

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• Hyphenation: lip‧stick

Noun

lipstick m (plural lipsticks, diminutive lipstickje n)

1. lipstick

Noun

lipstick m (plural lipsticks)

1. lipstick