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# lipped

«lipped» in Mova's school dictionary: **sulky, with the lower lip pushed out to show you are cross** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adjective (old use, usually in «long lipped»)

### meaning for a pupil

In old tales, «long lipped» means sulky, with the lower lip pushed out to show you are cross. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lipped/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

in fairy tales, a child who is cross and pouting is called long lipped, and the lesson names it as sulky.

### examples

- «Why are you so long lipped today?» asked Mum. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lipped/#x1)
- The sulky girl was long lipped all day. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lipped/#x2)
- Don't go long lipped just because you lost. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lipped/#x3)

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «lipped» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lipped/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.