lip-lock

plural lip-locks

1. Alternative spelling of liplock.
   1. countableuncountableLong kiss

      But if he's recently switched from cheek-peck to lip-lock, something's up.

      1997, Mademoiselle: The Magazine for the Smart Young Woman

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      After lots of talk about "the perfect kiss," their close-up lip-lock is surprisingly boring.

      2007 December 20, Matt Stevens, “E! Reviews: P.S. I Love You”, in E! Online, retrieved 23 Jan 2008

      A couple minutes of lip-lock, and she'd been trying to get into his pants.

      2008, Pamela Clare, Unlawful Contact, page 147

   2. countableuncountableTechnique for hooking a fish

      Many bass anglers I've known prefer a lip-lock to this gill method, and it surely does work for hoisting ol' funnel-mouth into the boat.

      1974, Bob Zwirz, The ABC's of fishing, page 48

      1 more example

      The Leech Lake lip-lock may sound more difficult, but it's really quite easy to perform and works well on a pike that persists in rolling away from you.

      1993, Barry Reynolds, John Berryman, Pike on the Fly, page 129

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

1. USslangTo kiss for an extended period of time.

   Michelle and Evan begin to lip-lock, and Amy tries not to watch.

   2010, Wes E. Samuels, Amy's Dreams, page 52

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   And I'm hardly a lesbian assistant! I mean, I am an assistant, and I do like Ellen DeGeneres's talk show, and sometimes I watch The L Word, but that doesn't mean I want to lip-lock the ladies.

   2008, Jordan Cooke, Loose Lips #2

   In Psalm 85, it says that "justice and peace/ mercy and truth" have kissed. In Jesus they lip-locked forever.

   2009, Leonard Sweet, So Beautiful: Divine Design for Life and the Church

2. fishingTo hook a fish by inserting a curled finger under the gill cover and extending it to the fish's jaw.

   Never try to lip-lock a brawling bigmouth after dark.

   1992, Michigan Out-of-doors - Volume 46, page 40

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   If any professional angler can tell you the best way to lip-lock a lunker, it's Jimmy Houston.

   2007, Field and Stream - Volume 112, page 70

   To lip-lock a fish, curl your index and middle finger, then gently slide those two fingers under the gill cover and forward toward the fish's nose, applying slight outward pressure with your fingertips until your fingers stop just under the fish's jaw.

   2008, Jack Burns, Rob Kimm, Pro Tacticsᵀᴹ: Muskie, page 52