hip in English
- hip⇄adj. hipless.
- hip⇄adj. hiplike.
- hip⇄adj. 1. informed; up-to-date; hep.
2. of or having to do with hipsters or their style, language, or other characteristics. - hip⇄adv. hiply.
- hip⇄expr. hip and thigh, with overwhelming blows; unsparingly.
Ex. He smote them hip and thigh with a great slaughter (Judges 15:8). - hip⇄expr. on (or upon) the hip, at a disadvantage (originally applied to wrestling).
Ex. I'll have our Michael Cassio on the hip (Shakespeare). - hip⇄expr. shoot from the hip, (Slang.) to speak or act in an impulsive and reckless manner.
Ex. Shooting from the hip is no substitute for careful analysis (Wall Street Journal). - hip⇄hip (1), noun, verb, hipped,hipping.
- hip⇄hip (2), noun.
the seedcase containing the ripe seed of a rosebush.
Ex. The oaks bear mast, the briers scarlet hips (Shakespeare). - hip⇄hip (3), interjection.
an exclamation used in cheering or calling for a cheer.
Ex. Hip, hip, hurrah! - hip⇄hip (4), adjective, noun, verb, hipped,hipping.
(U.S. Slang.) - hip⇄hip (5), noun, verb, hipped,hipping.
(Informal.) - HIP⇄HIP(no periods),
Health Insurance Plan (of Greater New York). - hip⇄noun hipness.
- hip⇄noun low spirits; the blues.
- hip⇄noun 1. hipster.
2. the condition of being smart and stylish.
Ex. Grooviness [at the discotheque] merges with aplomb, and hip attains a state akin to quiet well-being (New Yorker). - hip⇄noun 1a. the part that sticks out on each side of the body below a person's waist where the leg joins the body; haunch.
b. the ball-and-socket joint formed by the upper thighbone and the pelvis; hip joint.
2. a similar part in animals where - hip⇄v.t. to keep informed; alert; wise up.
Ex. to be hipped on a plan. - hip⇄v.t. to make sad or depressed.
- hip⇄v.t. 1. (Architecture.) to form (a roof) with a hip or hips.
2. to dislocate or injure the hip of.
3. (U.S.) to carry on the hip.