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hip

see also: HIP

Pronunciation

Noun

hip (plural hips)

(anatomy) The outward-projecting parts of the pelvis and top of the femur and the overlying tissue.
The inclined external angle formed by the intersection of two sloping roof planes.
In a bridge truss, the place where an inclined end post meets the top chord.
(slang, possibly, dated) A drug addict, especially someone addicted to a narcotic like heroin.
- 1953, William Burroughs, Junkie:
  Ike explained to me that the Mexican government issued permits to hips allowing them a definite quantity of morphine per month at wholesale prices.

Translations

Verb

hip (hips, present participle hipping; past and past participle hipped)

(chiefly, sports) To use one's hips to bump into someone.
(wrestling) To throw (one's adversary) over one's hip ("cross-buttock").
To dislocate or sprain the hip of, to fracture or injure the hip bone of (a quadruped) in such a manner as to produce a permanent depression of that side.
To make with a hip or hips, as a roof.

Noun

hip (plural hips)

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Adjective

hip (comparative hipper, superlative hippest)

(slang) Aware, informed, up-to-date, trendy. [from early 20th c., popularized in 1960s]
- Rudolph promoted Stevens Pass with restless zeal. In seven years there, he helped turn a relatively small, roadside ski area into a hip destination.

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