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Hip means the part of the body from the waist to the top of the leg, the fruit of a rose plant or the angle formed where the two sloping sides of a roof meet.

(noun)

An example of the hip is the joint at the top of the leg.
An example of a hip is the non-edible fleshy ball on a rose bush after the flower has died.
An example of a hip is the tallest point on a house.

The definition of hip is up-to-date on the latest trends.

(adjective)

An example of a hip person is someone with all of the latest clothes and fashions.

Hip is defined as a word at the start of a cheer.

(interjection)

An example of hip used as an interjection is in the phrase, "Hip! Hip! Hooray!"

See hip in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

1. the part of the human body surrounding and including the hip joint; esp., the fleshy part between the waist and the upper thigh; haunch
2. hip joint
the corresponding part of an animal's body
Archit. the angle formed by the meeting of two sloping sides of a roof

Origin: ME hipe < OE hype, akin to Ger hüfte (OHG huf) < IE *keub-, to bend, as at a joint (< base *keu-, to bend, bend over) > L cubare, to lie, Gr kybos, hollow above the hips of cattle

transitive verb hipped, hipping

to make (a roof) with such an angle or angles

noun

the fleshy false fruit of the rose, containing the achenes or true fruits: it is rich in vitamin C

Origin: with Early ModE shortened vowel < ME hepe < OE heope, akin to OHG hiufo, OS hiopo < IE base *eub-, brier, thorn

interjection

used in cheers: hip, hip, hurray!

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adjective hipper, hippest

1. sophisticated; knowing; aware
2. fashionable; stylish
of or associated with hipsters or hippies

Origin: < ? hep

Related Forms:

hipness noun

See hip in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

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

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Origin: Middle English

Origin: , from Old English hype

adjective hip·per also hep·per, hip·pest also hep·pest
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