Word Frequency
hip1 (hɪp
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Definitions
noun
- often plural either side of the body below the waist and above the thigh, overlying the lateral part of the pelvis and its articulation with the thighbones
- another name for pelvis (sense 1)
- short for hip joint
- the angle formed where two sloping sides of a roof meet or where a sloping side meets a sloping end
Derived Forms
ˈhipless adjectiveˈhipˌlike adjective
Word Origin
Old English hype; related to Old High German huf, Gothic hups, Dutch heupSynonyms
View thesaurus entryExample Sentences Including 'hipper'
' Temperley: ``Can you actually put `says, in a nerdy voice, hipper to the groove '?The Advertiser, Sunday Mail (2005)
- Times of India NEW AGE angels are far hipper than their forebears.Independent (1998)
Don't restrict yourself to Fifth Avenue -- Madison is regarded by many as hipper and has a vast DKNY at the section with 60th Street.Times, Sunday Times (2004)
Madden offers something that most younger, hipper TV sports analysts don't bring to the table.Toronto Sun (2003)
You might think that a penchant for bad boy rappers shows that footballers are becoming hipper.Spiked (2003)
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