hip
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[edit] Etymology 1
From Middle English hipe, hupe, from Old English hype, from Proto-Germanic *hupiz (cf. Dutch heup, Low German Huop, German Hüfte), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱeu̯bh₂- (cf. Welsh cysgu ‘to sleep’, Latin cubāre (“to lie”), Ancient Greek κύβος (kýbos, “hollow in the hips”), Albanian sup (“shoulder”), Sanskrit śupti ‘id.’), from *keu-, *keu̯ə- (“to bend”). More at high.
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hip (plural hips)
- (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.
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joint
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Middle English hepe, heppe, hipe, from Old English hēope, from Proto-Germanic *heupōn (cf. Dutch joop, German Hiefe, Norwegian dialect hjúpa 'briar'), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱewb- 'briar, thorn' (compare Old Prussian kaāubri 'thorn', Lithuanian kaubrė̃ 'heap').
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hip (plural hips)
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the fruit of a rose
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Probably a variant of hep.
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hip (comparative hipper, superlative hippest)
- (slang) aware, informed, up-to-date, trendy [from early 20th c., popularized in 1960's]
- The guy hips himself to so many things. (Rogers, Sean (2009) Pynchon and comics)
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hip m.
