hip 
hip (hip)
noun
- the part of the human body surrounding and including the hip joint; esp., the fleshy part between the waist and the upper thigh; haunch
- hip joint
- the corresponding part of an animal's body
- Archit. the angle formed by the meeting of two sloping sides of a roof
Etymology: 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, hip′·ping
to make (a roof) with such an angle or angles
on the hip
or upon the hipRare at a disadvantage: originally with reference to wrestling
smite hip and thigh
Etymology: cf. Judg. 15:8
to attack unsparingly; overwhelm with or as with blows
hip (hip)
noun
the fleshy false fruit of the rose, containing the achenes or true fruits: it is rich in vitamin C
Etymology: with Early ModE shortened vowel < ME hepe < OE heope, akin to OHG hiufo, OS hiopo < IE base *eub-, brier, thorn
hip (hip)
used in cheers hip, hip, hurray!
☆ hip (hip)
adjective hip′·per, hip′·pest
- sophisticated; knowing; aware
- fashionable; stylish
- of or associated with hipsters or hippies
Etymology: < ? hep
get (or be) hip to
Slang to become (or be) informed or knowledgeable about
hip*
modif.
Converse of object
- dislocate: Catching in this way leads to dislocated hips in some meat chickens.
- flex: Patient supine Hip flexed to 45° , the knee flexed to 80° and the tibia in 15° of external rotation.
- bruise: A fortnight with what seemed no sleep and a perpetually bruised hip drove me to buy one.
- sway: Swing your forearms in the direction of the slide whilst swaying the hips in the same direction also.
- rotate: While the knee is bent, hold the knee and hip at 90 degrees of flexion and internally rotate the hip.
Adjective modifier
- metal-on-metal: As with other new bearing couples longer-term clinical results are awaited with the metal-on-metal surface replacement hips.
- fractured: He referred Mrs A for an X-ray and she was found to have a fractured hip; she died in hospital on 21 January.
- arthritic: How do I lose weight and exercise with an arthritic hip?
- clicky: Seemingly, babies who stay that way are prone to having a condition called ' clicky hips ' .
- broken: Bone samples from the broken hip were sent to pathology.
- artificial: Similarly, patients happily walking around on artificial hips had no clear image of the prosthesis inside them.
Modifies a noun
- hop: DJs play rare groove, funk, hip hop, disco & house [ Sunday is Reggae night!
- fracture: Rates of admission for hip fracture in Dagenham PCG are similar to the BHHA average.
- replacement: Bearing surface options for total hip replacement in young patients.
- protector: However, all hip protectors are not the same!
- dysplasia: The occurrence of hip dysplasia can be reduced by not breeding from affected animals.
- flexor: CKCE concentrates on a co-contraction of the quadriceps, hamstrings, hip flexors, soleus, and gastrocnemius muscles ( 9 ).
Noun used with modifier
- rose: Word spread about the health benefits of the wild rose hips and Hansen began selling the powder to people all over Denmark.
- replacement: Metal-on-metal - a replacement hip joint in which both parts, or both surfaces, are metal.
- revision: Usually if revision hip replacement is not an option, the loosened prosthesis is removed altogether.
Come on along and listen to The Lullaby of Broadway The hip hoorayand bally hoo The Lullaby of Broadway.
Hip is the sophistication of the wise primitive in a giant jungle.
He smote them hip and thigh.
Browse dictionary entries near hip
- ‹ hinterland
- ‹ hinted at
- ‹ hint
- ‹ Hinshelwood
- ‹ hinny
- ‹ hinged
- ‹ hinge joint
- ‹ hinge
- ‹ Hines
- ‹ Hindustani
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