bite one's lip

lip

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Definitions of bite one's lip words

phrase bite one's lip If you bite your lip or your tongue, you stop yourself from saying something that you want to say, because it would be the wrong thing to say in the circumstances. 3
noun bite one's lip to stifle one's feelings 3
noun bite one's lip to be annoyed or irritated 3
noun bite one's lip to keep back one's anger, annoyance, etc. 3
noun bite one's lip either of the two fleshy parts or folds forming the margins of the mouth and functioning in speech. 1
noun bite one's lip Usually, lips. these parts as organs of speech: I heard it from his own lips. 1

before 1000

One of the 6% oldest English words

before 1000; Middle English lip(pe), Old English lippa; cognate with Dutch lip, German Lippe; akin to Norwegian lepe, Latin labium

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A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 97% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.

Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".