Hip

  • 51hip — hip1 noun 1》 a projection of the pelvis and upper thigh bone on each side of the body.     ↘(hips) the circumference of the body at the buttocks. 2》 the edge formed where two sloping sides of a roof meet. Phrases be joined at the hip informal (of …

    English new terms dictionary

  • 52hip — 1 noun (C) 1 one of the two parts on each side of your body between the top of your leg and your waist 2 (usually plural) the red fruit of some kinds of rose bushes; rose hip 2 interjection hip, hip, hooray! used as a shout of approval 3… …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 53hip — English has two hips. The anatomical hip [OE] comes from a prehistoric Germanic *khupiz, whose formal and semantic similarity to Greek kúbos ‘six sided figure’, hence ‘pelvic cavity’ (source of English cube) suggests that the two may be related.… …

    Word origins

  • 54hip — trendy (umgangssprachlich); kultig (umgangssprachlich); en vogue; angesagt (umgangssprachlich); hoch im Kurs (umgangssprachlich); in (umgangssprachlich) * * * hịp 〈Adj.; hịp|per, am hịpps|ten; umg.; …

    Universal-Lexikon

  • 55hip — [hɪp] noun [C] I one of the two parts at either side of your body between your waist and the top of your legs She stood with her hands on her hips, waiting.[/ex] He fell downstairs and broke his hip.[/ex] II adj informal hip [hɪp] modern and… …

    Dictionary for writing and speaking English

  • 56hìp — medm. (ȉ) v zvezi s hura izraža (angleški) mornarski pozdrav: »Hip, hip!« »Hura!« …

    Slovar slovenskega knjižnega jezika

  • 57HIP —   Sigles d’une seule lettre   Sigles de deux lettres > Sigles de trois lettres   Sigles de quatre lettres   Sigles de cinq lettres   Sigles de six lettres   Sigles de sept… …

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  • 58Hip — having inside knowledge, or being informed of current styles, especially in jazz: to be hip to swing music (originally also hep; from US Black English (1900s); cf. Wolof hepi to be aware) …

    Dictionary of Australian slang

  • 59hip — Australian Slang having inside knowledge, or being informed of current styles, especially in jazz: to be hip to swing music (originally also hep; from US Black English (1900s); cf. Wolof hepi to be aware) …

    English dialects glossary

  • 60hip — adj Knowledgeable about the current scene (variant of hep ).Don t worry, Nelson is hip to all that s going on these days. 1960s …

    Historical dictionary of American slang