Meanings
verblip off (third-person singular simple present lips off, present participle lipping off, simple past and past participle lipped off)
present singular third person lips off · participle present lipping off · participle past lipped off · past lipped off
- colloquialintransitiveTo speak rudely, harshly or belligerently.
She spanked hard enough that she broke the yardstick in half, and picked up the bottom half and continued on with the punishment. I hold no grudge—I deserved it for lipping off.
2000, James W. Marlin, On the Other Hand: An Autobiography
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