lip lock

See also: liplock and lip-lock

English

Noun

lip lock (countable and uncountable, plural lip locks)

1. Alternative form of liplock
   1. Long kiss
      • 2008, Ni-Ni Simone, Shortie Like Mine:

        And I was able to do it without breaking our lip lock.

      • 2014, Dan Frank, 1 Week:

        Still, she recognized Fred as she drew back from a lingering lip lock planted squarely across Dell's lips.

      • 2014, Jase Robertson, Good Call: Reflections on Faith, Family, and Fowl:

        I turned and planted a juicy lip lock on her, to which she responded enthusiastically.

   2. Technique for hooking a fish
      • 2012, Jay Cassell, The Ultimate Guide to Fishing Skills, Tactics, and .Techniques:

        Fish with teeth or those so heavy that they require more than a lip lock can be handled with a gill-cover grip when subdued at boatside.

Verb

lip lock (third-person singular simple present lip locks, present participle lip locking, simple past and past participle lip locked)

1. Alternative form of lip-lock
   1. To kiss.
      • 1990, Walter Dean Myers, The Mouse rap, page 141:

        Now I know you're supposed to lip lock in the movies, right?

      • 2004, Steven G. Fullwood, Funny, page 40:

        For us black folk, I don't care if King Tut got it on with his male servants, or if Benjamin Banneker liked to lip lock with menfolk in between writing all those damn almanacs.

      • 2013, Aeon Sage, Sacrificing Safety: Epilog: Sacrificing Sanity, page 41:

        When I don't have a boyfriend with which to talk, or to lip lock.

   2. To hook a fish.
      • 1990, Mark Thiffault, Illustrated Guide to Better Fishing, page 9:

        Wading angler (above) is about to lip lock a chunky black bass.

      • 2011, R.G. Webb, Walleye, the Moving Target:

        To lip lock a Fattie on a hook: The sharp end enters the mouth and exits the jaw downward behind the lower lip.

Anagrams

• Pollick, pillock