Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

from the hip

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.46 in modern English

Syllables: from the hip
IPA

23

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

1

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

prep_phrase

Instinctively; without planning ahead.

Example Sentences

"Hasluck tells the story at a rapid pace and with racy charm. There is some refreshingly Australian talking from the hip. "When a company's being milked, you don't look for a bucket under its tits. You look up its arse.""
"By necessity, then, most of us were teaching from the hip."

Etymology

Extension of shoot from the hip.

Questions

What does from the hip mean?: Instinctively; without planning ahead.
Where does from the hip come from?: Extension of shoot from the hip.

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