petted lip
noun Scottish & Northern Irish
A pouting and sullen expression: he was putting on a petted lip and acting like a disappointed child...
- Instead of reacting like spoiled children with petted lips, they should start carefully considering the recurrent, anxious questions.
- For all his achievements in the game, he is really just a big kid with a petted lip when things don't go his own way.
- The petted lip came out.
Origin
Early 20th century: from dialect petted 'sulky', from pet2.
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