lipstick

CEFRA2

/ˈlɪpstɪk/

noun · verb

Türkçe translations

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    Colored makeup applied to the lips.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    A dog's penis.

Examples

  • I'm looking for a lipstick to go with this nail polish.

  • Brian bought a lipstick for Kate.

At a glance

Sits at A2 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
2
Citations
5

Also pronounced

  • /ˈlɪpˌstɪk/

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. A stick of this makeup.

  2. Makeup for the lips.

verb

Extra meaning

  1. To apply lipstick to; to paint with lipstick.

More examples

In context

  • I'd like three lipsticks in this shade.

  • Are you wearing any lipstick today?

  • 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.

Quick test

Two questions on this entry. Nothing is scored.

Question 1 · Quick check

Before the date, she carefully applied red blank to make her lips look attractive.

Practise this properly in the app, where the word comes back before you forget it.

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Origin

noun

From lip + stick.