lipo

See also: LiPo, lipo-, and lípo

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlai.poʊ/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Noun

lipo (uncountable)

1. (informal) Clipping of liposuction.
   • 2005, Cap Lesesne, Confessions of a Park Avenue Plastic Surgeon:

     She complained about the lip of fat creeping over the waist of her jeans. "Maybe I'll get lipo, too, next time," she said.

   • 2009, Greg Liberman, Aging with Grace:

     You're the one who told me I couldn't get lipo like I wanted, so this is the next best thing. But to do it, it has to be now. Tonight.

Verb

lipo (third-person singular simple present lipos, present participle lipoing, simple past and past participle lipoed)

1. (informal) Clipping of liposuction.
   • 2011, Karen Hanson Stuyck, Do You Remember Me Now?:

     The doctor seemed to be saying that going into shock was a post-operative complication probably due to lipoing off too much fat — which he implied was my fault because I nagged him to take off the maximum amount.

Anagrams

• pilo-

Esperanto

Etymology

From English lip, German Lippe, Yiddish ליפּ (lip).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈlipo]

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ipo
• Hyphenation: li‧po

Noun

lipo (accusative singular lipon, plural lipoj, accusative plural lipojn)

1. lip (one of two fleshy protrusions around the opening of the mouth)
   • 1910, L. L. Zamenhof, Proverbaro Esperanta:

     La lipoj ne montru, kion manĝis la buŝo.

     Don't let your lips show what your mouth ate.

Derived terms

• lipangulo (“corner of the mouth”)

Hawaiian

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *lipo (compare with Tahitian riporipo, Maori ripo and riporipo (“eddy, whirlpool”)) from Proto-Polynesian *lepu (“agitated, rough (of water)”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈli.po/

Noun

lipo

1. deep sea, cavern or forest
2. blue-black
3. depth, darkness, dimness
4. grief, gloom

Related terms

• lipolipo

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈli.pɔ/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ipɔ
• Syllabification: li‧po

Noun

lipo f

1. vocative singular of lipa

Portuguese

Noun

lipo f (plural lipos)

1. Clipping of lipoaspiração.

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

• lȇpo (Ekavian)
• lijȇpo (Ijekavian)

Adverb

lipo (Cyrillic spelling липо)

1. beautifully, nicely

Spanish

Etymology

Clipping of liposucción.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlipo/ [ˈli.po]
• Rhymes: -ipo
• Syllabification: li‧po

Noun

lipo m (plural lipos)

1. (informal) lipo (liposuction)