What does HIP mean?

Definitions for HIP
ˈeɪtʃˈaɪˈpi or, sometimes, hɪphip

This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word HIP.

Princeton's WordNet

  1. hipnoun

    either side of the body below the waist and above the thigh

  2. pelvis, pelvic girdle, pelvic arch, hipnoun

    the structure of the vertebrate skeleton supporting the lower limbs in humans and the hind limbs or corresponding parts in other vertebrates

  3. hip, hip joint, coxa, articulatio coxaenoun

    the ball-and-socket joint between the head of the femur and the acetabulum

  4. hipnoun

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

  5. hip, rose hip, rosehipadjective

    the fruit of a rose plant

  6. hep, hip, hip to(p)adjective

    informed about the latest trends

GCIDE

  1. hipadjective

    Aware of the latest ideas, trends, fashions, and developments in popular music and entertainment culture; not square; -- same as hep.

  2. hipadjective

    Aware of the latest fashions and behaving as expected socially, especially in clothing style and musical taste; exhibiting an air of casual sophistication; cool; with it; -- used mostly among young people in the teens to twenties.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Hip, Hippishadjective

    Etymology: A corruption of hypochondriack. Robert Ainsworth

  2. Hipinterject.

    An exclamation, or calling to one; the same as the Latin eho, heus! Robert Ainsworth

  3. HIPnoun

    Etymology: hype, Saxon.

    How now, which of your hips has the most profound sciatica. William Shakespeare, Measure for Measure.

    Hippocrates affirmeth of the Scythians, that, using continual riding, they were generally molested with the sciatica, or hip gout. Thomas Browne, Vulgar Errours, b. v.

    So shepherds use
    To set the same mark on the hip
    Both of their sound and rotten sheep. Hudibras, p. ii.

    Against a stump his tusk the monster grinds,
    And ranch’d his hips with one continu’d wound. Dryden.

    If this poor brach of Venice, whom I cherish
    For his quick hunting, stand the putting on,
    I’ll have our Michael Cassio on the hip. William Shakespeare, Othello.

  4. Hipnoun

    The fruit of the briar or the dogrose.

    Etymology: hype, Saxon.

    Eating hips and drinking watry foam. Hubberd’s Tale.

    Why should you want? Behold, the earth hath roots;
    The oaks bear masts, the briars scarlet hips. William Shakespeare.

    Years of store of haws and hips do commonly portend cold Winters. Francis Bacon, Natural History.

  5. To Hipverb

    Etymology: from hip.

    His horse was hipp’d, with an old motly saddle, and the stirrups of no kindred. William Shakespeare, Taming of the Shrew.

    Your different tastes divide our poets cares;
    One foot the sock, t’other the buskin wears:
    Thus while he strives to please, he’s forc’d to do’t,
    Like Volscius hip-hop in a single boot. William Congreve.

ChatGPT

  1. hip

    Hip refers to the part of the human body between the waist and the thigh, which is formed by the large, rounded bones at the top part of the pelvis. The hip is also a joint that connects the thigh bone to the pelvic bone, allowing movement and weight-bearing.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Hipnoun

    the projecting region of the lateral parts of one side of the pelvis and the hip joint; the haunch; the huckle

  2. Hipnoun

    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. Hipnoun

    in a bridge truss, the place where an inclined end post meets the top chord

  4. Hipverb

    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

  5. Hipverb

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

  6. Hipverb

    to make with a hip or hips, as a roof

  7. Hipnoun

    the fruit of a rosebush, especially of the English dog-rose (Rosa canina)

  8. Hip

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

  9. Hipnoun

    alt. of Hipps

  10. Etymology: [OE. hipe, huppe, AS. hype; akin to D. heup, OHG. huf, G. hfte, Dan. hofte, Sw. hft, Goth. hups; cf. Icel. huppr, and also Gr. the hollow above the hips of cattle, and Lith. kumpis ham.]

Wikidata

  1. Hip

    In vertebrate anatomy, hip refer to either an anatomical region or a joint. The hip region is located lateral to the gluteal region, inferior to the iliac crest, and overlying the greater trochanter of the femur, or "thigh bone". In adults, three of the bones of the pelvis have fused into the hip bone which forms part of the hip region. The hip joint, scientifically referred to as the acetabulofemoral joint, is the joint between the femur and acetabulum of the pelvis and its primary function is to support the weight of the body in both static and dynamic postures. The hip joints are the most important part in retaining balance. The pelvic inclination angle, which is the single most important element of human body posture, is adjusted at the hips.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Hip

    hip, n. the haunch or fleshy part of the thigh: (archit.) the external angle formed by the sides of a roof when the end slopes backward instead of terminating in a gable.—v.t. to sprain the hip:—pr.p. hip′ping; pa.p. hipped, hipt.—ns. Hip′-bath, a bath to sit in—also Sitz-bath; Hip′-gir′dle, -belt, the 14th-century sword-belt, passing diagonally from waist to hip; Hip′-gout, sciatica; Hip′-joint, the articulation of the head of the thigh-bone with the ilium; Hip′-knob, an ornament placed on the apex of the hips of a roof or on a gable; Hip′-lock, a trick in wrestling by which one throws a leg and hip before the other to throw him; Hip′ping, a napkin wrapped about an infant's hips.—adj. Hip′-shot, having the hip out of joint.—Hip-and-thigh, in phrase, 'smitten hip-and-thigh'=smitten both before and behind, completely overpowered.—Have, Catch, on the hip, to get an advantage over some one—a metaphor from the wrestling-ring. [A.S. hype; Goth. hups, Ger. hüfte.]

  2. Hip

    hip, Hep, hep, n. the fruit of the wild brier or dog-rose. [A.S. héope, a hip.]

  3. Hip

    Hyp, hip, n. hypochondria.—v.t. to render melancholy.—adjs. Hipped, rendered melancholy; Hip′pish, somewhat hypochondriac. [A corr. of hypochondria.]

  4. Hip

    hip, interj. an exclamation to invoke a united cheer—Hip′-hip′-hurr′ah.

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.

The Foolish Dictionary, by Gideon Wurdz

  1. HIP

    A popular location for the retail liquor business.

Editors Contribution

  1. hip

    A type of joint in the human body.

    The hip joint is important, it helps us walk easily.


    Submitted by MaryC on January 12, 2020  

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British National Corpus

  1. Nouns Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'HIP' in Nouns Frequency: #1960

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of HIP in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of HIP in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of HIP in a Sentence

  1. The Trinidad-born rapper:

    These fraternities are places that us as hip-hop artists, we come and do amazing shows for these fraternities, like I just did Texas Tech, I just did Texas AM, Delta Chi, Sigma Chi, and those guys were great. And I've done a show actually at Oklahoma last year, so to see that that chapter feels that type of way toward the black race, it hurts, man. It sucks.

  2. Zac Taylor:

    Yeah, I ’m not really hip enough to answer that question for you, i think the other players in the locker room, my sons, you know, they probably could describe it better than I can. I could n’t pull off, you know, the things that he wears. And that’s just, there’s no way that I ’m hip enough to do that, but Joe Burrow can do it.

  3. Loretta Swit:

    Paul Archuleta/Getty Images might as well be joined at the hip ! loretta Swit see each other quite frequently. … Every time Loretta Swit lose a comrade, it’s a body blow. Loretta Swit feel it harshly, badly. People always ask me, ‘ Do you ever see them ? ’ When do I not see them ?' These are n’t casual acquaintances from years ago. This is my family. … So much of my life can be credited to my family.

  4. Nicola Triscott:

    Once their basic needs are fulfilled, they need to nourish their spirit, their self-esteem and their pride in themselves, i think hip-hop really helps to do that, because it's such a young person's art form -- it came off the streets and it's about one-on-one teaching. There's this great spirit of sharing in hip hop.

  5. Adam McKay:

    You're talking about the advent of hip hop, child soldiers, the sex scandal in Catholic church and malfeasance in Wall Street - I'm pretty proud of that for Hollywood.

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