hip

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English[edit]

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The bones of a human hip.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • enPR: hĭp, IPA(key): /hɪp/
  • Audio (US)(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɪp

Etymology 1[edit]

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.

Noun[edit]

hip (plural hips)

  2. (anatomy) The outward-projecting parts of the pelvis and top of the femur and the overlying tissue.
  3. The inclined external angle formed by the intersection of two sloping roof planes.
  4. In a bridge truss, the place where an inclined end post meets the top chord.
    • 1887, John Alexander Low Waddell, General Specifications for Highway Bridges of Iron and Steel:
      in all bridges preference will be given to designs having struts for hip verticals
  5. (slang, possibly dated) A drug addict, especially someone addicted to a narcotic like heroin.
    • 1953, William Lee [pseudonym; William S. Burroughs], Junkie, New York: Ace Books:
      Ike explained to me that the Mexican government issued permits to hips allowing them a definite quantity of morphine per month at wholesale prices.
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Verb[edit]

hip (third-person singular simple present hips, present participle hipping, simple past and past participle hipped)

  1. (chiefly sports) To use one's hips to bump into someone.
  2. (wrestling) To throw (one's adversary) over one's hip ("cross-buttock").
  3. 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.
  4. To make with a hip or hips, as a roof.

Etymology 2[edit]

From Middle English hepe, heppe, hipe, from Old English hēope, from Proto-Germanic *heupǭ (compare Dutch joop, German Hiefe, Faroese hjúpa), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱewb- (“briar, thorn”) (compare Old Prussian kaāubri (“thorn”), Lithuanian kaubrė̃ (“heap”)).

Rose hips.

Noun[edit]

hip (plural hips)

  1. The fruit of a rose.
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Etymology 3[edit]

Unknown or disputed. Probably a variant of hep; both forms are attested from the first decade of the 20th century.[1] Some sources suggest derivation from Wolof hepi (“to see”) or hipi (“to open one’s eyes”).[2] Others suggest connection to the noun, as opium smokers were said to lie on a hip.[3] Neither of these suggestions is widely accepted, however.[1]

Adjective[edit]

hip (comparative hipper, superlative hippest)

  1. (slang) Aware, informed, up-to-date, trendy. [from early 20th c., popularized in 1960s]
    • 1965 December, Phil Ochs, “That Was The Year That Weren't”, in Cavalier:
      I am also starting a folk-entourage school where you can go into gladitorial training to hang out in hip crowds with budding young folk stars.
    • 1971, Joni Mitchell (lyrics and music), “Blue”, in Blue:
      Everybody's saying that / Hell's the hippest way to go / Well, I don't think so / But I'm gonna take a look around it, though
    • 1975 October 27, Jeff Greenfield, “Ragged but Funny”, in New York, volume 8, number 43, page 65:
      “Saturday Night” has an explicitly hip, cynical outlook, coupled with an impressive amount of freedom.
    • 1985 February, David Sheff, “Playboy Interview: Steve Jobs”, in Playboy‎[1], archived from the original on 19 March 2019:
      One of the saints in my life is this woman named Imogene Hill, who was a fourth-grade teacher who taught this advanced class. She got hip to my whole situation in about a month and kindled a passion in me for learning things.
    • 2012, John Branch, “Snow Fall : The Avalanche at Tunnel Creek”, in New York Time‎[2]:
      Rudolph promoted Stevens Pass with restless zeal. In seven years there, he helped turn a relatively small, roadside ski area into a hip destination.
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  • → Norwegian Nynorsk: hipp
  • → Swedish: hipp
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Verb[edit]

hip (third-person singular simple present hips, present participle hipping, simple past and past participle hipped)

  1. (transitive, slang) To inform, to make knowledgeable.
    • 1958, Jack Kerouac, The Subterraneans, page 90:
      No doubt, too, Sand must have hipped him quietly in a whisper somewhere what was happening with the lover
    • 1964, Rex Stout, A Right to Die, page 78:
      She's a volunteer, hipped on civil rights, another do-gooder, evidently with a private pile since she takes no pay
    • 1969, Iceberg Slim, Pimp, page 223:
      She went ape over Chris. She'd go downtown and come home with shopping bags loaded with fine dresses and underclothes for herself and her sisters. Later she hipped Chris to boosting
    • 1983 August 20, Mary Frances Gonzales, “Come Together”, in Gay Community News, volume 11, number 6, page 5:
      A friend just hipped me to your rag and its [sic] been a totally beautiful experience! Presently I'm imprisoned at the California Institute for Women and would like to receive my own issues of GCN.
    • 2009, Sean Rogers, Pynchon and comics:
      The guy hips himself to so many things.

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Etymology 4[edit]

Interjection[edit]

hip

  1. An exclamation to invoke a united cheer: hip hip hooray.

References[edit]

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 “hip, adj.”, in OED Online Paid subscription required⁠, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, March 2018.
  2. ^ Major, Clarence (1994) Juba to jive: a dictionary of African-American slang, page 234
  3. ^ Jonathon Green (2024) “hip adj.”, in Green’s Dictionary of Slang

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Albanian[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Albanian *skūpa, from Proto-Indo-European *skewbʰ- (“to push”). Compare German schieben (“to push”), English shove, Lithuanian skùbti (“to hurry”).

Verb[edit]

hip (aorist hipa, participle hipur)

  1. to get on, ride, straddle
  2. to rise, go up, climb into

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Dutch[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: hip

Adjective[edit]

hip (comparative hiper, superlative hipst)

  1. genteel (stylish, elegant)
  2. fashionable (characteristic of or influenced by a current popular trend or style)

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German[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from English hip.

Pronunciation[edit]

Adjective[edit]

hip (strong nominative masculine singular hipper, comparative hipper, superlative am hippsten or am hipsten)

  1. (informal) hip, trendy
    Synonym: trendig
    • 2022 August 13, Fabian Schroer, “Zwangsräumungen wegen Brandschutzmängeln: Rausschmiss ohne Warnung”, in Die Tageszeitung: taz‎[3], →ISSN:
      Außerdem plant die Stadt ein hippes Innenstadtquartier mit Wohnungen für 4.500 Menschen. Erklärtes Ziel des Großprojekts: „Hochfeld zu beleben.“
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Declension[edit]

Positive forms of hip
number & gender singular plural
masculine feminine neuter
predicative er ist hip sie ist hip es ist hip sie sind hip
strong declension
(without article) 		nominative hipper hippe hippes hippe
genitive hippen hipper hippen hipper
dative hippem hipper hippem hippen
accusative hippen hippe hippes hippe
weak declension
(with definite article) 		nominative der hippe die hippe das hippe die hippen
genitive des hippen der hippen des hippen der hippen
dative dem hippen der hippen dem hippen den hippen
accusative den hippen die hippe das hippe die hippen
mixed declension
(with indefinite article) 		nominative ein hipper eine hippe ein hippes (keine) hippen
genitive eines hippen einer hippen eines hippen (keiner) hippen
dative einem hippen einer hippen einem hippen (keinen) hippen
accusative einen hippen eine hippe ein hippes (keine) hippen
Comparative forms of hip
number & gender singular plural
masculine feminine neuter
predicative er ist hipper sie ist hipper es ist hipper sie sind hipper
strong declension
(without article) 		nominative hipperer hippere hipperes hippere
genitive hipperen hipperer hipperen hipperer
dative hipperem hipperer hipperem hipperen
accusative hipperen hippere hipperes hippere
weak declension
(with definite article) 		nominative der hippere die hippere das hippere die hipperen
genitive des hipperen der hipperen des hipperen der hipperen
dative dem hipperen der hipperen dem hipperen den hipperen
accusative den hipperen die hippere das hippere die hipperen
mixed declension
(with indefinite article) 		nominative ein hipperer eine hippere ein hipperes (keine) hipperen
genitive eines hipperen einer hipperen eines hipperen (keiner) hipperen
dative einem hipperen einer hipperen einem hipperen (keinen) hipperen
accusative einen hipperen eine hippere ein hipperes (keine) hipperen
Superlative forms of hip
number & gender singular plural
masculine feminine neuter
predicative er ist am hippsten
er ist am hipsten 		sie ist am hippsten
sie ist am hipsten 		es ist am hippsten
es ist am hipsten 		sie sind am hippsten
sie sind am hipsten
strong declension
(without article) 		nominative hippster
hipster 		hippste
hipste 		hippstes
hipstes 		hippste
hipste
genitive hippsten
hipsten 		hippster
hipster 		hippsten
hipsten 		hippster
hipster
dative hippstem
hipstem 		hippster
hipster 		hippstem
hipstem 		hippsten
hipsten
accusative hippsten
hipsten 		hippste
hipste 		hippstes
hipstes 		hippste
hipste
weak declension
(with definite article) 		nominative der hippste
der hipste 		die hippste
die hipste 		das hippste
das hipste 		die hippsten
die hipsten
genitive des hippsten
des hipsten 		der hippsten
der hipsten 		des hippsten
des hipsten 		der hippsten
der hipsten
dative dem hippsten
dem hipsten 		der hippsten
der hipsten 		dem hippsten
dem hipsten 		den hippsten
den hipsten
accusative den hippsten
den hipsten 		die hippste
die hipste 		das hippste
das hipste 		die hippsten
die hipsten
mixed declension
(with indefinite article) 		nominative ein hippster
ein hipster 		eine hippste
eine hipste 		ein hippstes
ein hipstes 		(keine) hippsten
(keine) hipsten
genitive eines hippsten
eines hipsten 		einer hippsten
einer hipsten 		eines hippsten
eines hipsten 		(keiner) hippsten
(keiner) hipsten
dative einem hippsten
einem hipsten 		einer hippsten
einer hipsten 		einem hippsten
einem hipsten 		(keinen) hippsten
(keinen) hipsten
accusative einen hippsten
einen hipsten 		eine hippste
eine hipste 		ein hippstes
ein hipstes 		(keine) hippsten
(keine) hipsten

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Further reading[edit]

  • “hip” in Duden online
  • “hip” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Slovene[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

hȋp m inan

  1. moment

Inflection[edit]

 The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.
Masculine inan., hard o-stem
nom. sing. híp
gen. sing. hípa
singular dual plural
nominative
(imenovȃlnik) 		híp hípa hípi
genitive
(rodȋlnik) 		hípa hípov hípov
dative
(dajȃlnik) 		hípu hípoma hípom
accusative
(tožȋlnik) 		híp hípa hípe
locative
(mẹ̑stnik) 		hípu hípih hípih
instrumental
(orọ̑dnik) 		hípom hípoma hípi
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