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Lip vs Layback - What's the difference?

lip | layback |

As an adverb lip

is .

As a noun layback is

(figure skating) a spin in which the head and shoulders are dropped backwards and the back arched downwards toward the ice also called a layback spin.

As a verb layback is

to climb using layback maneuvers.

lip

English

Noun

  • (countable) Either of the two fleshy protrusions around the opening of the mouth.
  • * Bible, Jeb. xv. 6
  • Thine own lips testify against thee.
  • (countable) A part of the body that resembles a lip, such as the edge of a wound or the labia.
  • {{quote-Fanny Hill, part=2 , I twisted my thighs, squeezed, and compressed the lips of that virgin slit}}
  • (countable) The projecting rim of an open container; a short open spout.
  • (slang, uncountable) Backtalk; verbal impertinence.
  • Don’t give me any lip !
  • The edge of a high spot of land.
  • * 1913 ,
  • They toiled forward along a tiny path on the river’s lip . Suddenly it vanished. The bank was sheer red solid clay in front of them, sloping straight into the river.
  • * 1894 , David Livingstone, A Popular Account of Dr Livingstone's Expedition to the Zambesi and its Tributaries ,
  • We landed at the head of Garden Island, which is situated near the middle of the river and on the lip' of the Falls. On reaching that ' lip , and peering over the giddy height, the wondrous and unique character of the magnificent cascade at once burst upon us.
  • The sharp cutting edge on the end of an auger.
  • (botany) One of the two opposite divisions of a labiate corolla.
  • (botany) The distinctive petal of the Orchis family.
  • (zoology) One of the edges of the aperture of a univalve shell.
  • Synonyms

    * (either of the fleshy protrusions around the mouth) labium (medical term ) * (part of body resembling a lip) labium (medical) * (rim of an open container) edge, rim * (impertinence) backchat, cheek (informal), impudence, rudeness

    Derived terms

    * black lip * cleft lip * fat lip * lip gloss * lipless * liplike * lip-lock * lipped * lipping * lippy * lip-read * lip-reader * lip service * lip-smacking * lipstick * lip-strap * lip-synch * loose lip * tight-lipped

    Verb

  • To touch with the lips; to kiss or lick; to lap the lips against something.
  • * Praed
  • The bubble on the wine which breaks / Before you lip the glass.
  • * Shakespeare
  • A hand that kings / Have lipped and trembled kissing.
  • To utter verbally.
  • (Keats)
  • To simulate speech merely by lip-movement, as suffices for a lip-reader.
  • (sports) to make a golf ball hit the lip of the cup, without dropping in.
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    layback

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (figure skating) A spin in which the head and shoulders are dropped backwards and the back arched downwards toward the ice. Also called a layback spin
  • *{{quote-news, year=2008, date=January 24, author=Pat Borzi, title=Figure Skating's Next Ones Are Closing in on Their Moment, work=New York Times citation
  • , passage=Mirai Nagasu, like Zhang a promising 14-year-old, showed equally astonishing flexibility on a layback spin Wednesday, leaning so far that the back of her head nearly touched her backside. }}
  • (climbing) A maneuver to scale a vertical crack, by pulling with the arms and jamming the legs underneath, and shuffling up on limb at a time.
  • *{{quote-news
  • , year=2006 , date=July 2 , author=Antonio Graceffo , title=A Day of Rocks and Sea: Kayaking and Climbing in Taiwan , work=asiantribune.com citation , page= , passage=A layback', on the other hand, forces you to pull with your arms. A '''layback''' can protrude so far from the main rock face, that your legs will be dangling uselessly in the air, while your arms support all of your body weight. The tricky thing about the ' layback is that not only do you need the upper-body strength to hold yourself up and climb hand over hand, but you also need the flexibility and balance to clear the edge of the overhang.}}
  • (surfing) A surf maneuver where the upright surfer leans back against the wave.
  • (skateboarding, snowboarding) A trick where the boarder leans back while on the lip of the ramp, or down a rail.
  • (audio editing) The process of recording the final sound onto the master track.
  • A short backwards pass to a teammate in an attacking position
  • * {{quote-news, year=2000
  • , date=October 25 , author=Daniel Taylor , title=Radzinski double floors United , work=the Guardian citation , page= , passage=Only a fine interception from Mickael Silvestre denied the marauding Czech international an early chance from Tomasz Radzinski's layback and, as United struggled to find any momentum, their hosts threatened to overwhelm them.}}

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To climb using layback maneuvers.