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Lip service
Lip Lip (l[i^]p), n. [OE. lippe, AS. lippa; akin to D. lip, G. lippe, lefze, OHG. lefs, Dan. l[ae]be, Sw. l["a]pp, L. labium, labrum. Cf. Labial.] 1. One of the two fleshy folds which surround the orifice of the mouth in man and many other animals. In man the lips are organs of speech essential to certain articulations. Hence, by a figure they denote the mouth, or all the organs of speech, and sometimes speech itself. Thine own lips testify against thee. --Job xv. 6. 2. An edge of an opening; a thin projecting part of anything; a kind of short open spout; as, the lip of a vessel. 3. The sharp cutting edge on the end of an auger. 4. (Bot.) (a) One of the two opposite divisions of a labiate corolla. (b) The odd and peculiar petal in the Orchis family. See Orchidaceous. 5. (Zo["o]l.) One of the edges of the aperture of a univalve shell. Lip bit, a pod auger. See Auger. Lip comfort, comfort that is given with words only. Lip comforter, one who comforts with words only. Lip labor, unfelt or insincere speech; hypocrisy. --Bale. Lip reading, the catching of the words or meaning of one speaking by watching the motion of his lips without hearing his voice. --Carpenter. Lip salve, a salve for sore lips. Lip service, expression by the lips of obedience and devotion without the performance of acts suitable to such sentiments. Lip wisdom, wise talk without practice, or unsupported by experience. Lip work. (a) Talk. (b) Kissing. [Humorous] --B. Jonson. To make a lip, to drop the under lip in sullenness or contempt. --Shak. To shoot out the lip (Script.), to show contempt by protruding the lip.

Meaning of Lip service from wikipedia

- Look up lip service in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Lip service may refer to: Lip Service (film), a 1988 American comedy TV film Lip Service (TV series)...
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- Lip Service is a 1988 American comedy TV film directed by William H. Macy and written by Howard Korder. The film stars Griffin Dunne, Paul Dooley, Jonathan...
- Lip Service (Korean: 립서비스), was a South Korean trio formed by Now Entertainment in Seoul, South Korea. They debuted on February 4, 2014, with the single...
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- Lip sync or lip synch (pronounced /sɪŋk/, the same as the word sink), short for lip synchronization, is a technical term for matching a speaking or singing...
- further series of it. 34 3 "Lip Service" Hotel room Guillem Morales 24 May 2021 (2021-05-24) 1.42 Felix Hughes (Pemberton) hires lip reader Iris (Sian Clifford)...
- 2012, O'Keeffe pla**** Sadie in both seasons of BBC Three's drama series Lip Service, about a group of ****s living in Glasgow, Scotland. In 2012 and 2013...
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- Lip Service is a game show that aired on MTV from February 22, 1992, to January 3, 1993, and again from May 10, 1993, to December 17, 1994. It was hosted...