upon the hip

Variant of hip

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

transitive verb hipped, hipping

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

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