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Lippy vs Sippy - What's the difference?

lippy | sippy |

As nouns the difference between lippy and sippy

is that lippy is lipstick while sippy is a little sip; less than a cup of some particular drink.

As an adjective lippy

is talking back, in a cheeky manner.

lippy

English

Adjective

(er)
  • (informal) Talking back, in a cheeky manner.

    • Noun

  • (colloquial) lipstick
  • (colloquial) lip gloss

    • sippy

    English

    Noun

    (sippies)
  • A little sip; less than a cup of some particular drink
  • *{{quote-book, 1999, , Power Plays: Three One-Act Plays citation
    • , passage=Would you like a little water, Sue? SUE. Well, perhaps a sippy . (SUE squirts some water into a paper cup.)}}
  • *{{quote-book, 2002, David McKnight, From Hunting to Drinking, page=108, pageurl=http://books.google.com/books?id=26vDIDK_GuIC&pg=PA108, isbn=0415271517
    • , passage=By going to the canteen as soon as it opened some people hoped to cadge money, or one or more cans, or at least a 'sippy '. }}

    Related terms

    *sippy cup