hip
IPA: hˈɪp
noun
- (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.
- The fruit of a rose.
- A diminutive of the female given name Hippolyta.
- A surname.
- (Britain) Acronym of Home Information Pack. [(Britain) A collection of documents relating to a property, which, under the law of England and Wales between June 2007 and 2010, had to be provided when the property was offered for sale. Abbreviation: HIP]
- (travel industry) Acronym of Higher Intermediate Point.
- (music) Acronym of historically informed performance.
verb
- (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.
- (transitive, slang) To inform, to make knowledgeable.
adjective
- (slang) Aware, informed, up-to-date, trendy.
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Examples of "hip" in Sentences
- This exercise helps to flex the hip.
- It is hip, urban and bubbly, and unhurried.
- The hips are bent with the shins on the floor.
- The middle of the cloth is tied around the hips.
- It affects the mobilizaiton of the hips in kicking.
- The dance is characterized by sensual hip and body movements.
- Waist is the narrow point of the body between the ribcage and hips.
- The bodice was used for shaping the body from the shoulder to the hips.
- The ventral hip muscles are important in the control of the body's balance.
- The arms are then pulled vigorously, straight down under the body to the hips.
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