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Meaning
Noun
●
In Anatomy:
The outward-projecting
parts
of the
pelvis
and
top
of the
femur
and the
overlying
tissue.
●
The
inclined
external
angle
formed
by the
intersection
of two
sloping
roof
planes.
●
In a
bridge
truss
, the place where an
inclined
end
post
meets
the
top
chord.
●
A
drug addict
, especially someone
addict
ed to a
narcotic
like heroin.
●
In Roses:
The
fruit
of a rose.
●
In British English:
Acronym of Home Information Pack.
●
Acronym of Higher Intermediate Point.
●
In Music:
Acronym of
historically
informed
performance.
Verb
●
In Sports:
To use
one's
hips
to
bump into
someone.
●
In Wrestling:
To
throw
(one's
adversary
) over
one's
hip
("cross-buttock").
●
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.
●
To
make with
a
hip
or
hips
, as a roof.
●
To
inform
, to make knowledgeable.
Adj
●
Aware,
informed
,
up-to-date
, trendy.
Intj
●
An
exclamation
to
invoke
a
united
cheer
:
hip
hip
hooray.
Name
●
A
diminutive
of the
female
given name
Hippolyta.
●
A surname.
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Origin
hip
English
hepe
Middle English (1100-1500)
hipe
Middle English (1100-1500)
Sourced from
Etym
Related
Thigh
Knee
Wrist
Neck
Shoulder
Elbow
Ankle
Groin
Leg
Pelvis
Spine
Forearm
Chest
Waist
Arm
Heel
Joint
Jaw
Sternum
Bicep
Bone
Knees
Tendon
Trunk
Pelvic
Femur
Trendy
Abdomen
Torso
Ligament
Flexion
Muscle
Hamstring
Legs
Foot
Limb
Edgy
Collarbone
Fashionable
Back
Forehead
Tibia
Humerus
Clavicle
Ankles
Thighs
Buttock
Hamstrings
Shoulders
Joints
Stylish
Head
Bones
Kneecap
Wrists
Lower Back
Upper Arm
Collar Bone
Iliac Crest
Patellar Ligament
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Rhymes
Kip
Nip
Hip
Zip
Pip
Sip
Lip
Yip
Dip
Gyp
Pip
Tip
Rip
Nip
Clip
Drip
Quip
Skip
Ship
Grip
Snip
Crip
Chip
Flip
Chip
Slip
Whip
Trip
Plip
Unzip
Strip
Shipp
Equip
Outstrip
Bulldog Clip
Freudian Slip
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