adjective
- more disrespectful or impertinent in speech; more inclined to talk back
Usage: informal; comparative form of ‘lippy’
Examples
- The teenager became lippier as the argument continued.
- She was getting lippier with each response to her teacher.
- His lippier attitude earned him detention.
- The child grew lippier when told to clean his room.
- Don’t get lippier with me, young man.
- She’s much lippier than her well-behaved sister.