lipstick

/ˌlɪpˈstɪk/

/ˈlɪpstɪk/

Other forms: lipsticks; lipsticked

Lipstick is makeup that makes your lips look darker, redder, or shinier. Your French teacher might be famous in your school for her heart-shaped glasses and bright pink lipstick.

Some people like to wear lipstick every day, while others save it for fancy occasions. Most lipstick is a waxy, slightly creamy substance in a stick that's tinted with red pigment that colors your lips. It's a cosmetic that dates back at least to medieval times, and probably even farther back than that. In the 1600s, a fashionable look for upper class European women was a pale white face and bright red lipstick.

Definitions of lipstick

1. noun

   makeup that is used to color the lips
   synonyms: lip rouge

   type of:

   make-up, makeup, war paint

   cosmetics applied to the face to improve or change your appearance
2. verb

   apply lipstick to
   “She lipsticked her mouth”

   type of:

   make up

   apply make-up or cosmetics to one's face to appear prettier
3. verb

   form by tracing with lipstick
   “The clown had lipsticked circles on his cheeks”

   type of:

   delineate, limn, outline

   trace the shape of