Key and Lip

Key

Key noun - An explanatory list of the symbols on a map or chart.

Lip and key are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Lip" instead a noun "Key".

Nearby Words: keyed, keyboard, keying

Lip

Lip noun - Either of two fleshy folds of tissue that surround the mouth and play a role in speaking.

Key and lip are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Key" instead a noun "Lip".

How words are described

right right key right lip
proper proper key proper lip
large large key large lip
bad bad key bad lip
Other adjectives: minor, left, strange, literal, red, eponymous.

Both words in one sentence

  • Aerosmith and certain Steven Tyler-penned running jokes like "you got the right key but the wrong keyhole" and "don't give me no lip, I got enough of my own".
  • Recap / Gravity Falls S 2 E 2 Into The Bunker The shapeshifter winks, while Wendy mimes zipping her lip and throwing away the key, a special sign she and Dipper have had since "The Inconveniencing." Earlier in the episode, when Dipper and Wendy run into Soos and Mabel, Dipper initially worries that they might be the shapeshifter.
  • Series / The Goldbergs All of the auditionees' crackling and off-key voices made the teacher panic about sounding terrible in front of their parents, so when the showbiz news reveals that Milli Vanilli were caught lip-synching, Beverly decides to make the choir teacher consider making the boys mouth along to recordings.
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