lip gloss

/lɪp ɡlɒs/

noun

A cosmetic product applied to the lips to make them look shinier.

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Meanings

nounlip gloss (countable and uncountable, plural lip glosses)

plural lip glosses · alternative lipgloss

  1. countableuncountableA cosmetic product applied to the lips to make them look shinier.

    I took a beating when you wrote me those letters / And every time I remembered the taste of your lip gloss

    1992, “Enid”, in Gordon, performed by Barenaked Ladies

Translations

Afrikaans lipglans
  • lipglansa cosmetic product
Bulgarian блясък за устни, гланц за устни
  • блясък за устни (bljasăk za ustni)a cosmetic product
  • гланц за устни (glanc za ustni)a cosmetic product
Chinese Mandarin 唇彩
  • 唇彩 (chúncǎi)a cosmetic product
Dutch lipgloss
  • lipglossa cosmetic product
Finnish huulikiilto
  • huulikiiltoa cosmetic product
French gloss, brillant à lèvres
  • glossa cosmetic product
  • brillant à lèvresa cosmetic product
German Lipgloss
  • Lipglossa cosmetic product
Hungarian szájfény
  • szájfénya cosmetic product
Italian lucidalabbra
  • lucidalabbraa cosmetic product
Japanese リップグロス
  • リップグロス (rippugurosu)a cosmetic product
Polish błyszczyk, błyszczek
  • błyszczyka cosmetic product
  • błyszczeka cosmetic product
Portuguese gloss
  • glossa cosmetic product
Romanian luciu de buze
  • luciu de buzea cosmetic product
Russian блеск для губ
  • блеск для губ (blesk dlja gub)a cosmetic product
Spanish brillo de labios, brillo labial
  • brillo de labiosa cosmetic product
  • brillo labiala cosmetic product
Swedish läppglans
  • läppglansa cosmetic product
Turkish dudak parlatıcısı, parlatıcı
  • dudak parlatıcısıa cosmetic product
  • parlatıcıa cosmetic product
Welsh minsglein
  • minsgleina cosmetic product
Cite this entry
APA

lip gloss. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lip%20gloss

MLA

“lip gloss.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lip%20gloss. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “lip gloss,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lip%20gloss.

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