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harelip

noun · verb · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

A congenital malformation of the upper lip, reminiscent of the mouth of a hare.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: medicine, sciences, teratology

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: cleft lip

Antonyms: none provided

2

verb

Meaning 2

To curse (as if by causing a harelip),

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

Examples

  • I don't care if it harelips the governor.
  • I'm gonna get them doors open if it harelips everybody on Bear Creek!

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

a congenital cleft in the middle of the upper lip

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: cleft lip, cheiloschisis

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: birth defect, congenital anomaly, congenital defect, congenital disorder, congenital abnormality

History

Etymology

From hare + lip.

Across languages

Translations

57 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: haaslip — congenital malformation of the upper lip
  • Azerbaijani: dovşandodaq — congenital malformation of the upper lip
  • Azerbaijani: mırıq — congenital malformation of the upper lip
  • Bulgarian: заешка устна (zaeška ustna) — congenital malformation of the upper lip
  • Catalan: llavi leporí — congenital malformation of the upper lip
  • Catalan: llavi fes — congenital malformation of the upper lip
  • Cherokee: ᏧᏚᎶᏗ (tsudulodi) — congenital malformation of the upper lip
  • Chinese Mandarin: 兔脣 /兔唇 (tùchún) — congenital malformation of the upper lip
  • Danish: hareskår — congenital malformation of the upper lip
  • Danish: læbespalte — congenital malformation of the upper lip
  • Dutch: hazenlip — congenital malformation of the upper lip
  • Faroese: varraskarð — congenital malformation of the upper lip
  • Finnish: huulihalkio — congenital malformation of the upper lip
  • French: bec de lièvre — congenital malformation of the upper lip
  • French: bec-de-lièvre — congenital malformation of the upper lip
  • Galician: labio feso — congenital malformation of the upper lip
  • Galician: bico — congenital malformation of the upper lip
  • Galician: bico gallado — congenital malformation of the upper lip
  • German: Hasenscharte — congenital malformation of the upper lip
  • Hungarian: nyúlajak — congenital malformation of the upper lip
  • Hungarian: nyúlszáj — congenital malformation of the upper lip
  • Hungarian: ajakhasadék — congenital malformation of the upper lip
  • Icelandic: héravör — congenital malformation of the upper lip
  • Irish: bearna mhíl — congenital malformation of the upper lip
  • Irish: bearna ghiorria — congenital malformation of the upper lip
  • Irish: gnás — congenital malformation of the upper lip
  • Irish: failc — congenital malformation of the upper lip
  • Irish: séanas — congenital malformation of the upper lip
  • Italian: labbro leporino — congenital malformation of the upper lip
  • Italian: lagostoma — congenital malformation of the upper lip
  • Japanese: 口唇裂 (kōshinretsu) — congenital malformation of the upper lip
  • Japanese: 兎唇 — congenital malformation of the upper lip
  • Japanese: 兎欠 (iguchi) — congenital malformation of the upper lip
  • Japanese: 兎口 (mitsukuchi) — congenital malformation of the upper lip
  • Japanese: 欠唇 (iguchi) — congenital malformation of the upper lip
  • Japanese: 三つ口 (mitsukuchi) — congenital malformation of the upper lip
  • Kalmyk: туула урл (tuula url) — congenital malformation of the upper lip
  • Korean: 언청이 (eoncheong'i) — congenital malformation of the upper lip
  • Latin: labium leporinum — congenital malformation of the upper lip
  • Māori: ngutu riwha — congenital malformation of the upper lip
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: hareskard — congenital malformation of the upper lip
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: leppespalte — congenital malformation of the upper lip
  • Plautdietsch: Hoseschoa — congenital malformation of the upper lip
  • Polish: zajęcza warga — congenital malformation of the upper lip
  • Portuguese: lábio leporino — congenital malformation of the upper lip
  • Russian: за́ячья губа́ (zájačʹja gubá) — congenital malformation of the upper lip
  • Scottish Gaelic: failc — congenital malformation of the upper lip
  • Spanish: labio leporino — congenital malformation of the upper lip
  • Spanish: cheuto — congenital malformation of the upper lip
  • Swedish: harmynthet — congenital malformation of the upper lip
  • Swedish: läppspalt — congenital malformation of the upper lip
  • Tagalog: tangab — congenital malformation of the upper lip
  • Tagalog: bingot — congenital malformation of the upper lip
  • Turkish: tavşan dudağı — congenital malformation of the upper lip
  • Turkish: yarık dudak — congenital malformation of the upper lip
  • Vietnamese: sứt môi — congenital malformation of the upper lip
  • Welsh: gwefus fylchog — congenital malformation of the upper lip
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