bite one's tongue

lip

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Definitions of bite one's tongue words

noun bite one's tongue either of the two fleshy parts or folds forming the margins of the mouth and functioning in speech. 1
noun bite one's tongue Usually, lips. these parts as organs of speech: I heard it from his own lips. 1
noun bite one's tongue a projecting edge on a container or other hollow object: the lip of a pitcher. 1
noun bite one's tongue a liplike part or structure, especially of anatomy. 1
noun bite one's tongue any edge or rim. 1
noun bite one's tongue the edge of an opening or cavity, as of a canyon or a wound: the lip of the crater. 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".

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