hip

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[edit] Etymology 1

From Old English hype, from Proto-Germanic *hupi, from Proto-Indo-European *keu- (to bend).

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Singular
hip

Plural
hips

hip (plural hips)

  1. (anatomy) The outward-projecting parts of the pelvis and top of the femur and the overlying tissue.
  2. The fruit of a rose.
  3. The inclined external angle formed by the intersection of two sloping roof planes.
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[edit] Etymology 2

Probably a variant of hep.

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hip (comparative hipper, superlative hippest)

  1. (slang) aware, informed, up-to-date, trendy [from early 20th c.]
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hip m.

  1. moment