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 Definitions of hip  [ˈeɪtʃˈaɪˈpi or,sometimes, hɪp]  

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Definition of 'hip' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) hip
the projecting part on each side of the body surrounding the hip joint; haunch.

2.  hip
the inclined projecting angle formed by the junction of two sloping sides of a roof.

3. (n.) hip
the fleshy fruit of a rose, often bright red.

4. (interj.) hip
(used as a cheer):
Hip, hip, hooray!

5. (adj.) hip
familiar with or informed about the latest ideas, styles, developments, etc.; up-to-date; with it.

6. (n.) hip
the condition of being hip.

7. (v.t.) hip
to make or keep aware or informed.

8.  hip
hip to, aware of or attuned to; knowledgeable about.

9. (n.) HIP
Health Insurance Plan.


Definition of 'hip' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) hip
either side of the body below the waist and above the thigh

2. (noun) pelvis, pelvic girdle, pelvic arch, hip
the structure of the vertebrate skeleton supporting the lower limbs in humans and the hind limbs or corresponding parts in other vertebrates

3. (noun) hip, hip joint, coxa, articulatio coxae
the ball-and-socket joint between the head of the femur and the acetabulum

4. (noun) hip
(architecture) the exterior angle formed by the junction of a sloping side and a sloping end of a roof

5. (adj) hip, rose hip, rosehip
the fruit of a rose plant

6. (adj) hep, hip, hip to(p)
informed about the latest trends


Definition of 'hip' Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary 

1. (noun) hip
the parts of your body at the top of your legs below your waist
the hip bones; broad hips

2. (adjective) hip
fashionable and popular
the hip new fashion for this season


Definition of 'hip' Webster Dictionary 

1. (noun) hip
the projecting region of the lateral parts of one side of the pelvis and the hip joint; the haunch; the huckle

2. (noun) hip
the external angle formed by the meeting of two sloping sides or skirts of a roof, which have their wall plates running in different directions

3. (noun) hip
in a bridge truss, the place where an inclined end post meets the top chord

4. (noun) hip
the fruit of a rosebush, especially of the English dog-rose (Rosa canina)

5. (noun) hip
alt. of Hipps

6.  hip
used to excite attention or as a signal; as, hip, hip, hurra!

7. (verb) hip
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

8. (verb) hip
to throw (one's adversary) over one's hip in wrestling (technically called cross buttock)

9. (verb) hip
to make with a hip or hips, as a roof


Definition of 'hip' U.S. National Library of Medicine 

1.  hip
The projecting part on each side of the body, formed by the side of the pelvis and the top portion of the femur.


Translation of 'hip' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: (the bones in) either of the two sides of the body just below the waist
She fell and broke her left hip.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: heup Arabic flag Arabic: وِرْك Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: ребро
Brazilian flag Brazilian: anca Czech flag Czech: kyčel German flag German: die Hüfte
Danish flag Danish: hofte Greek flag Greek: γοφός Spanish flag Spanish: cadera
Estonian flag Estonian: puus Farsi flag Farsi: قسمت ميان ران و تهيگاه Finnish flag Finnish: lanne
French flag French: hanche Hebrew flag Hebrew: מִפרַק הַיָרֵך Hindi flag Hindi: नितम्ब, कूल्हा
Croatian flag Croatian: kuk Hungarian flag Hungarian: csípő Indonesian flag Indonesian: pinggul
Icelandic flag Icelandic: mjöðm Italian flag Italian: anca Japanese flag Japanese: しり
Korean flag Korean: 엉덩이, 둔부 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: šlaunis, šlaunikaulis Latvian flag Latvian: gūža
Malay flag Malay: pinggul Dutch flag Dutch: heup Norwegian flag Norwegian: hofte
Polish flag Polish: biodro Persian flag Persian: قسمت ميان ران و تهيگاه Pashto flag Pashto: کوناټی
Portuguese flag Portuguese: anca Romanian flag Romanian: şold Russian flag Russian: бедро
Slovak flag Slovak: bok(y) Slovenian flag Slovenian: kolk Serbian flag Serbian: kuk
Swedish flag Swedish: höft Thai flag Thai: สะโพก Turkish flag Turkish: kalça
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 髖部 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: стегно Urdu flag Urdu: کولہا ، پٹّھا
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: hông Chinese flag Chinese: 髋关节

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