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hip¹
- /hɪp/
Rhymes with -ɪp
Where it comes from
From Middle English hipe, hupe, from Old English hype, from Proto-Germanic *hupiz (compare Dutch heup, Low German Huop, German Hüfte), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱewb- (compare Welsh cysgu (“to sleep”), Latin cubāre (“to lie”), Ancient Greek κύβος (kúbos, “hollow in the hips”), Albanian sup (“shoulder”), Sanskrit शुप्ति (śúpti, “shoulder”)), from *ḱew- (“to bend”). More at high. The sense "drug addict" derives from addicts lying on their hips while using certain drugs such as opium.
noun hips
- The outward-projecting parts of the pelvis and top of the femur and the overlying tissue.
- The inclined external angle formed by the intersection of two sloping roof planes.
- In a bridge truss, the place where an inclined end post meets the top chord. in all bridges preference will be given to designs having struts for hip verticals
- A drug addict, especially someone addicted to a narcotic like heroin. Ike explained to me that the Mexican government issued permits to hips allowing them a definite quantity of morphine per month at wholesale prices.
verb hips · hipping · hipped
- To use one's hips to bump into someone.
- To throw (one's adversary) over one's hip ("cross-buttock").
- 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.
- To make with a hip or hips, as a roof.
hip²
- /hɪp/
Rhymes with -ɪp
Where it comes from
From Middle English hepe, heppe, hipe, from Old English hēope, from Proto-Germanic *heupǭ (compare Dutch joop, German Hiefe, Faroese hjúpa), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱewb- (“briar, thorn”) (compare Old Prussian kaāubri (“thorn”), Lithuanian kaubrė̃ (“heap”)).
noun hips
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The fruit of a rose.
1. BROTHER. […] What doo you gather there?
OLD MAN. Hips and Hawes, and stickes and strawes, and thinges that I gather on the ground my sonne.
Similar: rosehip
hip³
- /hɪp/
Rhymes with -ɪp
Where it comes from
Unknown or disputed. Probably a variant of hep; both forms are attested from the first decade of the 20th century. Some sources suggest derivation from Wolof hepi (“to see”) or hipi (“to open one’s eyes”). Others suggest connection to the noun, as opium smokers were said to lie on a hip. Neither of these suggestions is widely accepted, however.
adjective hipper · hippest
verb hips · hipping · hipped
- To inform, to make knowledgeable. No doubt, too, Sand must have hipped him quietly in a whisper somewhere what was happening with the lover
hip⁴
- /hɪp/
Rhymes with -ɪp
interjection
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An exclamation to invoke a united cheer: hip hip hooray.
Similar: hip hip
HIP⁵
- /hɪp/
Rhymes with -ɪp
noun HIPs
- Acronym of Home Information Pack
- Acronym of Higher Intermediate Point
- Acronym of historically informed performance
- Initialism of hot isostatic pressing
Hip⁶
proper noun
- A diminutive of the female given name Hippolyta.
- A surname.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: pelvis, hip joint, pelvic girdle, pelvic arch, hep, coxa, informed, articulatio coxae, hip to, arm, thigh, leg, rump, pip, throat, gorge
Translations
Every language
noun joint
| Español | cadera, anca, cuadril, rengadero |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 허리 heori |
| 日本語 | 腰 koshi |
| 中文 | 髖 /髋 kuān |
| हिन्दी | कूल्हा kūlhā |
| Kiswahili | unyonga, nyonga |
| Português | quadril, anca |
| Français | hanche |
| Deutsch | Hüfte |
| Italiano | anca |
| Ελληνικά | ισχίο ischío |
| Română | șold |
| Русский | бедро́ bedró |
| Tiếng Việt | hông |
| العربية | وَرِك warik |
| עברית | יָרֵךְ yarekh |
noun the fruit of a rose
| Español | escaramujo |
|---|---|
| Português | cinórrodo |
| Français | cynorrhodon |
| Deutsch | Hagebutte |
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title = {hip},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/hip},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
