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Webster 1913 Edition

Hip

Hip

,
Noun.
[OE.
hipe
,
huppe
, AS.
hype
; akin to D.
heup
, OHG.
huf
, G.
hüfte
, Dan.
hofte
, Sw.
höft
, Goth.
hups
; cf. Icel.
huppr
, and also Gr. [GREEK] the hollow above the hips of cattle, and Lith.
kumpis
ham.]
1.
The projecting region of the lateral parts of one side of the pelvis and the hip joint; the haunch; the huckle.
2.
(Arch.)
The external angle formed by the meeting of two sloping sides or skirts of a roof, which have their wall plates running in different directions.
3.
(Engin)
In a bridge truss, the place where an inclined end post meets the top chord.
Waddell.
Hip bone
(Anat.)
,
the innominate bone; – called also
haunch bone
and
huckle bone
.
–
Hip girdle
(Anat.)
,
the pelvic girdle.
–
Hip joint
(Anat.)
,
the articulation between the thigh bone and hip bone.
–
Hip knob
(Arch.)
,
a finial, ball, or other ornament at the intersection of the hip rafters and the ridge.
–
Hip molding
(Arch.)
,
a molding on the hip of a roof, covering the hip joint of the slating or other roofing.
–
Hip rafter
(Arch.)
,
the rafter extending from the wall plate to the ridge in the angle of a hip roof.
–
Hip roof
,
Hipped roof
(Arch.)
,
a roof having sloping ends and sloping sides. See
Hip
,
Noun.
, 2., and
Hip
,
Verb.
T.
, 3.
–
Hip tile
,
a tile made to cover the hip of a roof.
–
To catch upon the hip
, or
To have on the hip
,
to have or get the advantage of; – a figure probably derived from wresting.
Shak.
–
To smite hip and thigh
,
to overthrow completely; to defeat utterly.
Judg. xv. 8.

Hip

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Hipped
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Hipping
.]
1.
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.
2.
To throw (one’s adversary) over one's hip in wrestling (technically called cross buttock).
3.
To make with a hip or hips, as a roof.
Hipped roof
.
See
Hip roof
, under
Hip
.

Hip

,
Noun.
[OE.
hepe
, AS.
heópe
; cf. OHG.
hiufo
a bramble bush.]
(Bot.)
The fruit of a rosebush, especially of the English dog-rose (
Rosa canina
); called also
rose hip
.
[Written also
hop
,
hep
.]
Hip tree
(Bot.)
,
the dog-rose.

Webster 1828 Edition

Hip

HIP

,
Noun.
The projecting part of an animal formed by the osilium or haunch bone; the haunch, or the flesh that covers the bone and the adjacent parts; the joint of the thigh.
To have on the hip, to have the advantage over one; a low phrase borrowed probably from wrestlers.
Hip and thigh, complete overthrow or defeat. Judges 15.

HIP

,
Verb.
T.
To sprain or dislocate the hip.

HIP

Definition 2024

hip

hip

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English

The bones of a human hip.

Noun

hip ‎(plural hips)

  1. (anatomy) The outward-projecting parts of the pelvis and top of the femur and the overlying tissue.
  2. The inclined external angle formed by the intersection of two sloping roof planes.
  3. In a bridge truss, the place where an inclined end post meets the top chord.
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Waddell to this entry?)
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Verb

hip ‎(third-person singular simple present hips, present participle hipping, simple past and past participle hipped)

  1. (chiefly sports) To use one's hips to bump into someone.
  2. To throw (one's adversary) over one's hip in wrestling (technically called cross buttock).
  3. 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.
  4. To make with a hip or hips, as a roof.

Etymology 2

From Middle English hepe, heppe, hipe, from Old English hēope, from Proto-Germanic *heupǭ (compare Dutch joop, German Hiefe, Faroese hjúpa), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱewb- ‎(“briar, thorn”) (compare Old Prussian kaāubri ‎(“thorn”), Lithuanian kaubrė̃ ‎(“heap”)).

Rose hips.

Noun

hip ‎(plural hips)

  1. The fruit of a rose.
Derived terms
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Etymology 3

Probably a variant of hep. Maybe from Wolof hepi ‎(“to see”) or hipi ‎(“to open one’s eyes”)[1].

Adjective

hip ‎(comparative hipper, superlative hippest)

  1. (slang) Aware, informed, up-to-date, trendy. [from early 20th c., popularized in 1960s]
    • 2012 November 18, John Branch, “Snow Fall : The Avalanche at Tunnel Creek”, in New York Time:
      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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Verb

hip ‎(third-person singular simple present hips, present participle hipping, simple past and past participle hipped)

  1. (transitive, slang) To inform, to make knowledgeable.
    • 1958, Jack Kerouac, The Subterraneans, page 90:
      No doubt, too, Sand must have hipped him quietly in a whisper somewhere what was happening with the lover
    • 1964, Rex Stout, A Right to Die, page 78:
      She's a volunteer, hipped on civil rights, another do-gooder, evidently with a private pile since she takes no pay
    • 1969, Iceberg Slim, Pimp, page 223:
      She went ape over Chris. She'd go downtown and come home with shopping bags loaded with fine dresses and underclothes for herself and her sisters. Later she hipped Chris to boosting
    • 2009, Sean Rogers, Pynchon and comics
      The guy hips himself to so many things.

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References

  1. ↑ Major, Clarence (1994) Juba to jive: a dictionary of African-American slang, page 234

Albanian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *skūpa, from Proto-Indo-European *skeubʰ- ‎(“to push”). Compare German schieben ‎(“to push”), English shove, Lithuanian skùbti ‎(“to hurry”).

Verb

hip ‎(first-person singular past tense hipa, participle hipur)

  1. I get on, ride, straddle
  2. I rise, go up, climb into

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Slovene

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈxíːp/
  • Tonal orthography: hȋp

Noun

híp m inan ‎(genitive hípa, nominative plural hípi)

  1. moment

Declension

Etymology

From Middle English hipe, hupe, from Old English hype, from Proto-Germanic *hupiz (compare Dutch heup, Low German Huop, German Hüfte), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱewb- (compare Welsh cysgu ‎(“to sleep”), Latin cubāre ‎(“to lie”), Ancient Greek κύβος ‎(kúbos, “hollow in the hips”), Albanian sup ‎(“shoulder”), Sanskrit शुप्ति ‎(śúpti, “shoulder”)), from *ḱew- ‎(“to bend”). More at high.

Pronunciation

  • enPR: hĭp, IPA(key): /hɪp/
  • Rhymes: -ɪp

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