Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

hip

/hɪp/

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: 4.46 in modern English

Syllables
hip
IPA
/hɪp/
8
Scrabble Score
3
Letters
1
Syllables
3
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The outward-projecting parts of the pelvis and top of the femur and the overlying tissue.

noun

The inclined external angle formed by the intersection of two sloping roof planes.

noun

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

noun

A drug addict, especially someone addicted to a narcotic like heroin.

Dated; Slang

verb

To use one's hips to bump into someone.

verb

To throw (one's adversary) over one's hip ("cross-buttock").

verb

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.

verb

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

Example Sentences

Etymology

From Middle English hipe, hupe, from Old English hype, from Proto-Germanic *hupiz (compare Dutch heup, Low German Huop, German Hüfte), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱewb- (compare Welsh cysgu (“to sleep”), Latin cubāre (“to lie”), Ancient Greek κύβος (kúbos, “hollow in the hips”), Albanian sup (“shoulder”), Sanskrit शुप्ति (śúpti, “shoulder”)), from *ḱew- (“to bend”). More at high. The sense "drug addict" derives from addicts lying on their hips while using certain drugs such as opium.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

hips (plural) hips (present, singular) hipping (participle, present) hipped (participle, past) hipped (past) hipper (comparative) hippest (superlative)

Derived Forms

hipball hipbone hiphugger hiphuggers hipless hiplet hiplike hipline hipoisie hipper hippin hipshot

Phrases

connected at the hip dancer's hip the hip hip and shoulder hip bath hip bone hip boot hip check

Frequently Paired Words

hep hip cat hipster hippy hippie put someone hip hip-hop

Synonyms

rosehip hip hip cool groovy hep hip to hip joint coxa articulatio coxae

Rhymes With

ship trip tip strip chip slip rip clip skip flip lip grip

Questions

How do you pronounce hip?
The recorded pronunciation is /hɪp/.
What does hip mean?
The outward-projecting parts of the pelvis and top of the femur and the overlying tissue.
Where does hip come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

How to pronounce hip

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