Hip
[hɪp]
Definition
(noun.) either side of the body below the waist and above the thigh.
(noun.) the ball-and-socket joint between the head of the femur and the acetabulum.
(noun.) the fruit of a rose plant.
(noun.) (architecture) the exterior angle formed by the junction of a sloping side and a sloping end of a roof.
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Definition
(n.) The projecting region of the lateral parts of one side of the pelvis and the hip joint; the haunch; the huckle.
(n.) The external angle formed by the meeting of two sloping sides or skirts of a roof, which have their wall plates running in different directions.
(n.) In a bridge truss, the place where an inclined end post meets the top chord.
(v. t.) 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.
(v. t.) To throw (one's adversary) over one's hip in wrestling (technically called cross buttock).
(v. t.) To make with a hip or hips, as a roof.
(n.) The fruit of a rosebush, especially of the English dog-rose (Rosa canina).
(interj.) Used to excite attention or as a signal; as, hip, hip, hurra!
(n.) Alt. of Hipps
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Haunch.
Editor: Peter
Definition
interj. an exclamation to invoke a united cheer—Hip′-hip′-hurr′ah.
n. the haunch or fleshy part of the thigh: (archit.) the external angle formed by the sides of a roof when the end slopes backward instead of terminating in a gable.—v.t. to sprain the hip:—pr.p. hip′ping; pa.p. hipped hipt.—ns. Hip′-bath a bath to sit in—also Sitz-bath; Hip′-gir′dle -belt the 14th-century sword-belt passing diagonally from waist to hip; Hip′-gout sciatica; Hip′-joint the articulation of the head of the thigh-bone with the ilium; Hip′-knob an ornament placed on the apex of the hips of a roof or on a gable; Hip′-lock a trick in wrestling by which one throws a leg and hip before the other to throw him; Hip′ping a napkin wrapped about an infant's hips.—adj. Hip′-shot having the hip out of joint.—Hip-and-thigh in phrase 'smitten hip-and-thigh'=smitten both before and behind completely overpowered.—Have Catch on the hip to get an advantage over some one—a metaphor from the wrestling-ring.
n. hypochondria.—v.t. to render melancholy.—adjs. Hipped rendered melancholy; Hip′pish somewhat hypochondriac.
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Unserious Contents or Definition
To dream that you admire well-formed hips, denotes that you will be upbraided by your wife. For a woman to admire her hips, shows she will be disappointed in love matters. To notice fat hips on animals, foretells ease and pleasure. For a woman to dream that her hips are too narrow, omens sickness and disappointments. If too fat, she is in danger of losing her reputation.
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Examples
- At the same time, a low whistle is wafted through the Inn and a suppressed voice cries, Hip! Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Then he remembered that he had the small flask in his hip pocket and he thought, I'll take a good spot of the giant killer and then I'll try it. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- She stood up and with a hand on one hip looked at Robert Jordan, who was also standing. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- It was as though there was a new joint in it; not the hip joint but another one that went sideways like a hinge. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- The other sat his horse with the rifle swung out to the right, the butt resting against his hip. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- The X-Ray tube, of globular or bulb shape, is shown just above the patient’s hip, and its opposite poles are connected by wires to the opposite electrodes of the generator. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- Robert Jordan read it through and then put all the letters together with the papers into his hip pocket. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- They sit down, Mr. Bagnet as if he had no power of bending himself, except at the hips, for that purpose. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Its belly was white, and its legs shaded from the slate of its shoulders and hips to a vivid yellow at the feet. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
- All wore strange protruding girdles of dried grass about their hips and many were loaded with brass and copper anklets, armlets and bracelets. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- A moment more and both shoulders through, the long, sinuous body and the narrow hips would glide quickly after. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- What did he say about you being too narrow in the hips? Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- Pilar stood with her hands on her hips looking at the boy mockingly now. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- And the learned gentleman, with a firm and steady frown, placed his hands on his hips, and smiled suspiciously to the jury. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
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