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overlip
noun 2
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4ADJ.
fat, soundless, wet
VERB + OVERLIP
stubbled
OVERLIP + NOUN
underlip
ADV.
babyishly
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noun
1
The upper lip.
They seem to her still so young, hardly more than children, really, even Adam—especially Adam—with that babyishly fat overlip that trembles so when he is excited or upset.
His eyes were closed, his mouth opened. His breathing, irregular for three, then four, then five breaths, returned to its normal, soundless rhythm. Stubbled overlip and wet underlip moved about some final, silent word: […]
2
An upper lip that extends too far out and down. (Compare overbite.)
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They seem to her still so young, hardly more than children, really, even Adam—especially Adam—with that babyishly fat overlip that trembles so when he is excited or upset.
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His eyes were closed, his mouth opened. His breathing, irregular for three, then four, then five breaths, returned to its normal, soundless rhythm. Stubbled overlip and wet underlip moved about some f
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