bite one's lip

To restrain one's anger or mirth

bite someone's head off

To speak to someone unnecessarily angrily

bite (or bite on) the bullet

1. To submit bravely to something unpleasant
2. To face up to an unpalatable fact or situation

bite the dust

1. To fall down dead
2. (of plans, etc) to come to nothing

bite the hand that feeds one

To show ingratitude, often with the likely result of losing the help one is receiving

bite the thumb (obsolete)

To express defiance by knocking the thumb-nail against the teeth

bitten off

Abruptly cut short

once bitten, twice shy

A bad experience makes one cautious on a second occasion

put the bite on

To extort money from

soundbite see under sound¹

what's biting you, etc?

What is the matter with you, etc?, what is annoying you, etc?

lip /lip/

noun

1. Either of the muscular flaps in front of the teeth, forming the opening to the mouth
2. Any similar structure, such as either of the two divisions of a liplike flower corolla
3. The edge or rim of an orifice, cavity, deep geographical depression, vessel, etc
4. Part of such a rim bent outwards like a spout
5. Impudent talk, insolence or cheek (slang)

transitive verb (lippˈing; lipped)

1. To touch with the lips
2. To kiss
3. To wash, overflow, or overrun the edge of
4. To lap or lave
5. To form a lip on
6. To edge
7. To turn or notch the edge of (Scot)
8. (of a golfer or golf shot) to get the ball to the very edge of (the hole)
9. To utter with the lips

intransitive verb

1. To use the lips in playing a wind instrument
2. To lap at the brim
3. To have water lapping over

adjective

1. Of the lip
2. Formed or sounded by the lips

combining form

From the lips only, not sincere

lipˈless adjective

lipˈlike adjective

lipped /lipt/ adjective

1. Having a lip or lips
2. Labiate

lippˈy adjective

1. Having a hanging lip
2. Saucy, cheeky (slang)

noun (informal; also lippie)

Lipstick

lip brush noun

A brush for applying colouring to the lips

lipˈ-deep adjective

1. Insincere
2. Immersed to the lips

lip gloss noun

A substance applied to the lips to give them a glossy appearance

lip liner noun

Cosmetic material used to outline the lips

lip microphone noun

One constructed in the form of a box shaped to fit the face around the mouth, thus reducing extraneous noises, used eg at sporting events

lipˈ-read intransitive verb

lipˈ-reader noun

lipˈ-readˈing noun

Gathering what a person says by watching the movement of his or her lips

lipˈ-rounding noun (phonetics)

Rounding of the lips, as in pronouncing o

lipˈsalve noun

1. Ointment for the lips, esp to prevent chapping
2. Blandishment

lip service noun

1. Insincere praise or worship
2. Professed, not real, respect or loyalty

lipˈ-smacking adjective (informal)

Delicious, appetizing

lipˈstick noun

A short stick of cosmetic colouring for the lips

transitive verb and intransitive verb

To paint with (a) lipstick

lipstick lesbian noun

1. A lesbian with a conventionally feminine appearance
2. A heterosexual woman who experiments briefly with lesbianism

lip-sync or lip-synch /lipˈsingk/ noun

1. The synchronization of lip movements with already recorded sound, esp by singers making television appearances
2. The synchronization of the voice with already filmed lip-movements (in dubbing; also transitive verb and intransitive verb)

lipˈ-syncer or lipˈ-syncher noun

bite one's lip

1. To do this to show annoyance or disappointment
2. To repress laughter, tears, an angry retort, etc

hang on someone's lips

To listen eagerly to all that someone has to say

in Lipsburie pinfold (Shakespeare)

Perh between the teeth

(keep) a stiff upper lip

(to show) resolution, with no yielding to emotion

lip out (golf)

To hit the rim of the hole and not fall in

make a lip (Shakespeare)

To pout in sullenness or derision

smack one's lips

To bring the lips together and part them with a smacking noise, as an indication of relish