lip lock

noun

Long kiss

Meanings

nounlip lock (countable and uncountable, plural lip locks)

plural lip locks

  1. Alternative form of liplock.
    1. countableuncountableLong kiss

      And I was able to do it without breaking our lip lock.

      2008, Ni-Ni Simone, Shortie Like Mine
      2 more examples

      Still, she recognized Fred as she drew back from a lingering lip lock planted squarely across Dell's lips.

      2014, Dan Frank, 1 Week

      I turned and planted a juicy lip lock on her, to which she responded enthusiastically.

      2014, Jase Robertson, Good Call: Reflections on Faith, Family, and Fowl
    2. countableuncountableTechnique for hooking a fish

      Fish with teeth or those so heavy that they require more than a lip lock can be handled with a gill-cover grip when subdued at boatside.

      2012, Jay Cassell, The Ultimate Guide to Fishing Skills, Tactics, and .Techniques
verblip lock (third-person singular simple present lip locks, present participle lip locking, simple past and past participle lip locked)

present singular third person lip locks · participle present lip locking · participle past lip locked · past lip locked

  1. Alternative form of lip-lock.
    1. To kiss.

      Now I know you're supposed to lip lock in the movies, right?

      1990, Walter Dean Myers, The Mouse rap, page 141
      2 more examples

      For us black folk, I don't care if King Tut got it on with his male servants, or if Benjamin Banneker liked to lip lock with menfolk in between writing all those damn almanacs.

      2004, Steven G. Fullwood, Funny, page 40

      When I don't have a boyfriend with which to talk, or to lip lock.

      2013, Aeon Sage, Sacrificing Safety: Epilog: Sacrificing Sanity, page 41
    2. To hook a fish.

      Wading angler (above) is about to lip lock a chunky black bass.

      1990, Mark Thiffault, Illustrated Guide to Better Fishing, page 9
      1 more example

      To lip lock a Fattie on a hook: The sharp end enters the mouth and exits the jaw downward behind the lower lip.

      2011, R.G. Webb, Walleye, the Moving Target
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APA

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Chicago

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