Hip

Definition of Hip

n.

1.

1.

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

2.

(Arch.) 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.

(Engin) In a bridge truss, the place where an inclined end post meets the top chord.

Hip bone
(Anat.) the innominate bone; - called also haunch bone and huckle bone.

Hip girdle
(Anat.) the pelvic girdle.

Hip joint
(Anat.) the articulation between the thigh bone and hip bone.

Hip knob
(Arch.) a finial, ball, or other ornament at the intersection of the hip rafters and the ridge.

Hip molding
(Arch.) a molding on the hip of a roof, covering the hip joint of the slating or other roofing.

Hip rafter
(Arch.) the rafter extending from the wall plate to the ridge in the angle of a hip roof.

Hip roof
(Arch.) a roof having sloping ends and sloping sides. See Hip, n., 2., and Hip, v. t., 3.

Hip tile
a tile made to cover the hip of a roof.

To catch upon the hip
to have or get the advantage of; - a figure probably derived from wresting.

To smite hip and thigh
to overthrow completely; to defeat utterly. - Shak.

v. t.

1.

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.

[imp. & p. p. Hipped ; p. pr. & vb. n. Hipping.]

2.

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

3.

To make with a hip or hips, as a roof.

Hipped roof
See Hip roof, under Hip.

n.

1.

(Bot.) The fruit of a rosebush, especially of the English dog-rose (Rosa canina); called also rose hip.

Hip tree
(Bot.) the dog-rose.

interj.

1.

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

n.

1.

a.

1.

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

2.

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.

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