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liplock

lip·lockUK /ˈlɪpˌlɒk/noun, verb

liplock is spelled L-I-P-L-O-C-K: 7 letters and 2 syllables (lip·lock). It appears about once in every 89 million words in written English, the 301,415th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, liplock means “A kiss or the act of kissing; especially a long, passionate kiss” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of liplock is liplocks.

How many letters and syllables are in liplock?

Letters7: L-I-P-L-O-C-K
Syllables2: lip·lock
In writingabout once in every 89 million words; the 301,415th most frequent word form
Wrong spellings searchednone measured in search

Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

How common is liplock?

Liplock appears about once in every 89 million words in written English, the 301,415th most frequent word form in the list.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

How do you pronounce liplock?

  • UK /ˈlɪpˌlɒk/

Liplock has 2 syllables, split lip·lock in writing.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Flame,_not_lame-liplock.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).

Forms of liplock

  • liplocks plural, present, singular, he/she/it
  • lip lock
  • lip-lock
  • liplocking participle, present
  • liplocked participle, past

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

What does liplock mean?

The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).

noun

  1. 1

    USinformalA kiss or the act of kissing; especially a long, passionate kiss.

  2. 2

    A maneuver in which a fish is hooked by a curled finger inserted under the gill cover and extending to the fish's jaw.

verb

  1. 1

    Alternative form of lip-lock.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

Where does liplock come from?

From lip + lock.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

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