upper lip

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Noun

upper lip

1. Synonym of labium superius oris.

   Coordinate term: lower lip

2. (slang, humorous, sarcastic, vulgar) A sarcastic or jocular response to a person who has performed oral sex on someone. (The addition of quotations indicative of this usage is being sought:)

Derived terms

• stiff upper lip

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Chinese: Mandarin: 上脣 / 上唇 (zh) (shàngchún) Dutch: bovenlip (nl) Evenki: хэдюн (həʒun) Finnish: ylähuuli (fi) French: lèvre supérieure (fr) German: Oberlippe (de) f Greek: Ancient: μύσταξ m (mústax) Greenlandic: kakkiviaq Hungarian: felső ajak Ingrian: ylileuka Italian: labbro superiore m Japanese: 上唇 (ja) (うわくちびる, uwakuchibiru), 上唇 (ja) (じょうしん, jōshin) Korean: 윗입술 (wisipsul), 상순 (sangsun) Mongolian: хөмүүн (mn) (xömüün) Portuguese: lábio superior m Romanian: buză superioară f Spanish: labio superior m Swedish: överläpp (sv) c Tagalog: ngusò Thai: ริมฝีปากบน