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lipstick

  • /ˈlɪpstɪk/ UK
  • /ˈlɪpˌstɪk/ US

Rhymes with (RP) -ɪpstɪk

noun lipsticks

  1. uncountable, usually Makeup for the lips. Are you wearing any lipstick today?
  2. countable, usually A stick of this makeup. I'd like three lipsticks in this shade.
  3. 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.”
  4. abbreviation, countable, ellipsis, slang, usually Ellipsis 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 th

verb lipsticks · lipsticking · lipsticked

  1. transitive To apply lipstick to; to paint with lipstick. She had even white teeth and a mouth that needed no lipsticking.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: lip rouge, red, rouge, boss, lippy, lippies, slap, hot lips, lipbalm, lip balm, lip-smacking, blush, lipsmack, liplet, smackers, lipo

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noun make-up for the lips

Españollápiz labial, pintalabios, lápiz de labios, labial, carmín, bilé
한국어립스틱 ripseutik, 입술연지 ipsullyeonji, 루주 ruju
日本語口紅 kuchibeni, リップスティック rippusutikku, ルージュ rūju
中文唇膏 chúngāo, 口紅 /口红 kǒuhóng
हिन्दीलिपस्टिक lipasṭik
Kiswahilirangi ya mdomo
Portuguêsbatom
Françaisrouge à lèvres
DeutschLippenstift
Italianorossetto
Ελληνικάκραγιόν kragión
Românăruj, roșu de buze
Русскийгубна́я пома́да gubnája pomáda, пома́да pomáda
Tiếng Việtcây son, son môi
العربيةأَحْمَر شِفَاه ʔaḥmar šifāh
עבריתאודם, אֹדֶם ódem, שְׂפָתוֹן sfáton

noun stick of this make-up

Españollápiz labial, pintalabios, lápiz de labios, barra labial, lípstic
한국어립스틱 ripseutik
日本語リップスティック rippusutikku
中文唇膏 chúngāo, 口紅 /口红 kǒuhóng
Portuguêsbatom
Françaisrouge à lèvres
Italianorossetto
Românăruj
Русскийгубна́я пома́да gubnája pomáda

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@misc{lipstick_2026,
  title = {lipstick},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/lipstick},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}