Definitions for hip

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IPA: /hɪp/

Hip is a 3 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 8 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 8 points.

You can make 13 anagrams from letters in hip (hip).

Definitions for hip

noun

1. the projecting part of each side of the body formed by the side of the pelvis and the upper part of the femur and the flesh covering them; haunch.
2. hip joint.
3. Architecture. the inclined projecting angle formed by the junction of a sloping side and a sloping end, or of two adjacent sloping sides, of a roof.
4. Furniture. knee (def 6).
5. the ripe fruit of a rose, especially of a wild rose.
6. Also, hipness. the condition or state of being hip.
7. a hipster or hippie.
8. hyp.
9. hypochondria.

Idioms

1. shoot from the hip, Informal. to speak or act bluntly or rashly, without deliberation or prudence:
2. smite hip and thigh, to attack unmercifully; overcome. Judg. 15:8.

adjective

1. (especially of a garment) extending to the hips; hiplength:
2. familiar with or informed about the latest ideas, styles, developments, etc.:
3. considered aware of or attuned to what is expected, especially with a casual or knowing air; cool:
4. in agreement or willing to cooperate; going along:

interjection

1. (used as a cheer or in signaling for cheers):

verb (used with object)

1. (especially ofō livestock) to injure or dislocate the hip of.
2. Architecture. to form (a roof) with a hip or hips.
3. to make or keep aware or informed.

Origin of hip

before 1000; Middle English hipe, hupe, Old English hype; cognate with Old High German huf (German Hüfte hip), Gothic hups hip, loin; compare Greek kýbos cube¹

Examples for hip

He fell 40 feet and fractured his skull, hip, and nose, and lay there motionless.

The results were awful: marked osteoporosis in the spine, hip, and femur.

The (hup)-seax has often been found in Saxon graves on the hip of the skeleton.

The instructor hitched the Thor gun a little higher on his hip.

Young, hip, urban millennials are using tools like Instagram to become one of the fastest growing travel markets.

He liked the way she stood, with one hand resting on her hip and the other on her cheek.

As my injured leg improves, my left leg starts aching, then throbbing, near my hip.

Donald demanded, while his right hand sought his hip pocket.

"Run away, kids," said the tall man, fumbling at his hip pocket.

“I read articles that say ‘here’s another white girl joining in on the dance party on the grave of hip hop,” she says.