Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

hipshot

/ˈhɪpʃɒt/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.04 in modern English

Syllables: hip-shot
IPA: /ˈhɪpʃɒt/

15

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Having a dislocated hip.

adj

Clumsy, awkward.

Dated

adj

Standing with one hip lower than the other.

American usage; Colloquial

adv

With one hip lower than the other.

Example Sentences

"No degree of the allegorical avoided an excuse to present an impudently hipshot youth, or a captive maiden in some appealing form of restraint"
"Slocum [...] watched the horses and mules. Most stood hipshot, sleeping on their feet, nothing bothered them."
"The two stubby horses, dusty and sweaty from the road, were standing hip-shot and bored, and Bernan sat on the driver's box with reins slack and his elbows on his knees."

Etymology

From hip + shot.

Usage

Inflected Forms

more hipshot (comparative) most hipshot (superlative)

Questions

How do you pronounce hipshot?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈhɪpʃɒt/.
What does hipshot mean?: Having a dislocated hip.
Where does hipshot come from?: From hip + shot.

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