German

Noun

Lippen pl

1. plural of Lippe

English

Alternative forms

• licken (dialectal)

Verb

lippen ‎(third-person singular simple present lippens, present participle lippening, simple past and past participle lippened)

1. (transitive, Britain dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) To intrust; trust to (someone/something).
2. (intransitive, Britain dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) To trust; to expect; to depend or rely (on).

   Do not lippen to him! / I was lippening on you.

Usage notes

• Sense 2 usually with to or on.

Derived terms

• lippening
• mislippen

Anagrams

• nipple

Dutch

Pronunciation

Noun

lippen

1. Plural form of lip

Low German

Verb

lippen (past singular lipp, past participle lippt, auxiliary verb hebben)

1. to sob, to cry

Conjugation

Scots

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [lɪpn]

Verb

lippen ‎(third-person singular present lippens, present participle lippenin, past lippent, past participle lippent)

1. (archaic) to trust, entrust
2. to expect, count on

Derived terms

• mislippen