Hip

Quick meaning: Hip is a noun meaning (anatomy) The outward-projecting parts of the pelvis and top of the femur and the overlying tissue.

Meaning

(anatomy) The outward-projecting parts of the pelvis and top of the femur and the overlying tissue.

More Meanings

1. The inclined external angle formed by the intersection of two sloping roof planes.
2. In a bridge truss, the place where an inclined end post meets the top chord.
3. (wrestling) To throw (one's adversary) over one's hip ("cross-buttock").
4. To make with a hip or hips, as a roof.
5. 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.
6. (slang, possibly dated) A drug addict, especially someone addicted to a narcotic like heroin.
7. (chiefly sports) To use one's hips to bump into someone.

Example Sentences

in all bridges preference will be given to designs having struts for hip verticals

“Saturday Night” has an explicitly hip, cynical outlook, coupled with an impressive amount of freedom.

The oaks bear mast, the briars scarlet hips; The bounteous housewife, Nature, on each bush Lays her full mess before you.

Everybody's saying that / Hell's the hippest way to go / Well, I don't think so / But I'm gonna take a look around it, though

Word Forms

• hips
• hipping
• hipped
• hipper
• hippest

Synonyms for hip

Depending on context, synonyms include cool, groovy, rosehip, informed, pelvis, hep.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include pelvis, hep, coxa, informed, arm, thigh.

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