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

Checked by Jennie

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.

Checker: Salvatore

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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