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hip

1 [hip]

noun, adjective, verb, hipped, hip⋅ping.

–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).

–adjective

5.	(esp. of a garment) extending to the hips; hiplength: hip boots.

–verb (used with object)

6.	(esp. of livestock) to injure or dislocate the hip of.

7.	Architecture. to form (a roof) with a hip or hips.

—Idioms

8.	shoot from the hip, Informal. to speak or act bluntly or rashly, without deliberation or prudence: Diplomats are trained to conduct themselves with discretion, and not to shoot from the hip.

9.	smite hip and thigh, to attack unmercifully; overcome. Judg. 15:8.

Origin:
bef. 1000; ME hipe, hupe, OE hype; c. OHG huf (G Hüfte hip), Goth hups hip, loin; cf. Gk kýbos cube, the hollow above the hips (of cattle), L cubitus elbow (see cubit )

Related forms:

hipless, adjective

hiplike, adjective

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2 [hip]

–noun

the ripe fruit of a rose, esp. of a wild rose.

Origin:
bef. 900; ME hepe, OE hēope hip, briar; c. OHG hiufo bramble

hip

3 [hip]

–interjection

(used as a cheer or in signaling for cheers): Hip, hip, hurrah!

Origin:
1745–55; orig. uncert.

hip

4 [hip]

adjective, hip⋅per, hip⋅pest, noun, verb, hipped, hip⋅ping. Slang.

–adjective

1.	familiar with or informed about the latest ideas, styles, developments, etc.: My parents aren't exactly hip, you know.

2.	considered aware of or attuned to what is expected, esp. with a casual or knowing air; cool: The guy was not at all hip—a total nerd.

3.	in agreement or willing to cooperate; going along: We explained our whole plan, and she was hip.

–noun

4.	Also, hipness. the condition or state of being hip.

5.	a hipster or hippie.

–verb (used with object)

6.	to make or keep aware or informed.

Also, hep.

Origin:
1900–05; earlier hep; of disputed orig.

Related forms:

hiply, adverb

hip

5 [hip]

–noun

hyp.

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hyp

[hip]

–noun Archaic.

hypochondria.

Also, hip.

Origin:
by shortening

knee

[nee]

noun, verb, kneed, knee⋅ing.

–noun

1.	Anatomy. the joint of the leg that allows for movement between the femur and tibia and is protected by the patella; the central area of the leg between the thigh and the lower leg.

2.	Zoology. the corresponding joint or region in the hind leg of a quadruped; stifle.

3.	a joint or region likened to this but not anatomically homologous with it, as the tarsal joint of a bird, the carpal joint in the forelimb of the horse or cow, etc.

4.	the part of a garment covering the knee.

5.	something resembling a bent knee, esp. a rigid or braced angle between two framing members.

6.	Also called hip, shoulder. Furniture. the inward curve toward the top of a cabriole leg.

Building Trades.

a.	the junction of the top and either of the uprights of a bent.

b.	a curved member for reinforcing the junction of two pieces meeting at an angle.

8.	Also called kneeler. a stone cut to follow a sharp return angle.

–verb (used with object)

9.	to strike or touch with the knee.

10.	to secure (a structure, as a bent) with a knee.

–verb (used without object)

11.	Obsolete. to go down on the knees; kneel.

—Idioms

12.	bring someone to his or her knees, to force someone into submission or compliance.

13.	cut (someone) off at the knees, to squelch or humiliate (a person) suddenly and thoroughly: The speaker cut the heckler off at the knees.

14.

on one's or its knees,

a.	in a supplicatory position or manner: I came to him on my knees for the money.

b.	in a desperate or declining condition: The country's economy is on its knees.

Origin:
bef. 900; ME cneo, OE cnēo(w); c. G, D knie, ON knē, Goth kniu, L genu, Gk góny, Skt jānu knee

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hip¹ (hĭp)

1. The laterally projecting prominence of the pelvis or pelvic region from the waist to the thigh.
2. A homologous posterior part in quadrupeds.
3. The hip joint.
Architecture The external angle formed by the meeting of two adjacent sloping sides of a roof.

[Middle English, from Old English hype.]

hip² (hĭp)

adj. hip·per also hep·per, hip·pest also hep·pest Slang

Keenly aware of or knowledgeable about the latest trends or developments.
Very fashionable or stylish.

[Origin unknown.]
hip n. & v., hip'ly adv., hip'ness n.

hip³ (hĭp)

n. A rose hip.

[Middle English hipe, from Old English hēope.]

hip⁴ (hĭp)

interj. Usually used to begin a cheer: Hip, hip, hooray!

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Hip

Hip\, n. [OE. hipe, huppe, AS. hype; akin to D. heup, OHG. huf, G. h["u]fte, Dan. hofte, Sw. h["o]ft, Goth. hups; cf. Icel. huppr, and also Gr. ? 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, n., 2., and Hip, v. 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

Hip\, v. 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

Hip\, n. [OE. hepe, AS. he['o]pe; cf. OHG. hiufo a bramble bush.] (Bot.) The fruit of a rosebush, especially of the English dog-rose (Rosa canina). [Written also hop, hep.]

Hip tree (Bot.), the dog-rose.

Hip

Hip\, interj. Used to excite attention or as a signal; as, hip, hip, hurra!

Hip

Hip\, or Hipps \Hipps\, n. See Hyp, n. [Colloq.]

Language Translation for : hip

Spanish: cadera,

German: die Hüfte,

Japanese: しり

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hip (n1.)

"part of the body where pelvis and thigh join," O.E. hype, from P.Gmc. *khupiz (cf. Du. heup, Ger. Hüfte, Goth. hups "hip"), from PIE *qeub- "to bend." Hipsters "pants that ride on the hips" first attested 1962; hip-huggers in this sense first recorded 1967.

hip (n2.)

"seed pod" (especially of wild rose), O.E. heope, hiope, from P.Gmc. *khiup- (cf. dial. Norw. hjupa, O.H.G. hiafo, Ger. hiefe, O.E. hiopa "briar, bramble").

hip (adj.)

"informed," 1904, apparently originally in black slang, probably a variant of hep, with which it is identical in sense, though it is recorded four years earlier. Hip-hop music style first recorded 1982.

hip (interjection)

exclamation used to introduce a united cheer (cf. hip-hip-hurrah), 1827, earlier hep, cf. Ger. hepp, to animals a cry to attack, to mobs a cry to attack Jews (see hep (2)); perhaps a natural sound (cf. L. eho, heus).

Main Entry: hip
Pronunciation: 'hip
Function: noun
1 : the laterally projecting region of each side of the lower or posterior part of the mammaliantrunk formed by the lateral parts of the pelvis and upper part of the femur together with the fleshy parts covering them
2 :

HIP JOINT

hip (hĭp)
n.

The lateral prominence of the pelvis from the waist to the thigh.
The hip joint.

hip

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hip

in anatomy, the joint between the thighbone (femur) and the pelvis; also the area adjacent to this joint. The hip joint is a ball-and-socket joint; the round head of the femur rests in a cavity (the acetabulum) that allows free rotation of the limb. Amphibians and reptiles have relatively weak pelvic girdles, and the femur extends horizontally. This does not permit efficient resistance to gravity, and the trunks of these animals often rest partially on the ground. In mammals the hip joint allows the femur to drop vertically, thus permitting the animal to hold itself off the ground and leading to specializations for running and leaping. See also pelvic girdle.

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