Hipshot
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈhɪpʃɒt/ · Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Hipshot is an adjective meaning Having a dislocated hip.
Meaning
Having a dislocated hip.
More Meanings
- (US, colloquial) Standing with one hip lower than the other.
- With one hip lower than the other.
- (dated) Clumsy, awkward.
Example Sentences
Slocum [...] watched the horses and mules. Most stood hipshot, sleeping on their feet, nothing bothered them.
No degree of the allegorical avoided an excuse to present an impudently hipshot youth, or a captive maiden in some appealing form of restraint
The two stubby horses, dusty and sweaty from the road, were standing hip-shot and bored, and Bernan sat on the driver's box with reins slack and his elbows on his knees.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include hip-shot, hippy, hipt, hipped, hippity-hop, hocked.
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