Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

shoot from the lip

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.03 in modern English

Syllables: shoot from the lip
IPA

28

Scrabble Score

15

Letters

1

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To speak confidently and unhesitantly but without careful forethought or a reliable knowledge of important facts pertaining to the subject matter.

Example Sentences

"[A] pair of suburban slickers […] made the Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour the most popular new TV show of the season. They did it by shooting from the lip, dauntlessly laying down a crossfire of patter that is often more fizzle than sizzle."
"In a letter to Mr. Watt this week, Mr. Quitberg suggested that the Secetary had been shooting from the lip again. "You have never met me and until that moment had undoubtedly never heard of me," he wrote."
"He is, as most Americans have now gathered, a blunt fellow, prone to shoot from the lip. He often speaks before he thinks."
"Darrel Reid used to shoot from the lip. Few Canadian evangelists can match his record for the controversial quote, whether accusing single moms of using welfare to have babies or likening hate crime laws protecting gays and lesbians to Nazi tyranny."

Etymology

Humorous variant of shoot from the hip.

Inflected Forms

shoots from the lip (present, singular) shooting from the lip (participle, present) shot from the lip (participle, past) shot from the lip (past)

Phrases

mouth off shoot first and ask questions later

Frequently Paired Words

mouth off shoot first and ask questions later

Synonyms

shoot one's mouth off

Questions

What does shoot from the lip mean?: To speak confidently and unhesitantly but without careful forethought or a reliable knowledge of important facts pertaining to the subject matter.
Where does shoot from the lip come from?: Humorous variant of shoot from the hip.

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