hip Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun either side of the body below the waist and above the thigh
  2. noun the structure of the vertebrate skeleton supporting the lower limbs in humans and the hind limbs or corresponding parts in other vertebrates
    pelvis; pelvic girdle; pelvic arch.
  3. noun the ball-and-socket joint between the head of the femur and the acetabulum
    coxa; hip joint; articulatio coxae.
  4. noun (architecture) the exterior angle formed by the junction of a sloping side and a sloping end of a roof
  5. noun the fruit of a rose plant
    rose hip; rosehip.
  6. adjective satellite informed about the latest trends
    hip to; hep.

WordNet

Hip noun
Etymology
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. the hollow above the hips of cattle, and Lith. kumpis ham.
Definitions
  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 transitive verb
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Hipped ; present participle & verbal noun Hipping
Definitions
  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.
Hip noun
Etymology
OE. hepe, AS. heópe; cf. OHG. hiufo a bramble bush.
Definitions
  1. (Bot.) The fruit of a rosebush, especially of the English dog-rose (Rosa canina). Written also hop, hep.
Hip interjection
Definitions
  1. Used to excite attention or as a signal; as, hip, hip, hurra!
Hip, Hipps noun (Also<
  • Hip
  • Hipps
)
Definitions
  1. See Hyp, n. Colloq.

Webster 1913