hip

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hip

She placed her hands on her hips and looked at the messy room.

Definition

  1. Noun:

    • The part of the body: The area on either side of the human body below the waist and above the thigh, formed by the pelvis and upper femur.
    • Anatomical joint: The ball-and-socket joint (the hip joint) where the head of the femur (thigh bone) meets the acetabulum of the pelvis.
    • Architecture: The external angle formed where two sloping sides of a roof meet.
    • Botany: The fruit of a rose plant, especially a wild rose (a rose hip).

  2. Adjective:

    • Fashionable and aware: (Informal) Being informed about and following the latest styles, trends, and ideas; cool.
Examples of Usage
  • Noun (Body Part):
    • She put her hands on her hips.
    • He broke his hip in a fall.
  • Noun (Architecture):
    • The old house had a roof with four hips.
  • Noun (Botany):
    • Rose hips are rich in vitamin C.
  • Adjective (Trendy):
    • That new café is a really hip place.
    • He's very hip to the latest music.
Advanced Usage
  • "To shoot from the hip": To speak or act quickly and impulsively, without careful thought.
    • The manager is known for shooting from the hip during meetings.
  • "Hip to something": (Informal) Aware of or knowledgeable about something.
    • Are you hip to the new company policy?
Variants and Related Words
  • Hipped (adj): (Architecture) Having a hip or hips (e.g., a hipped roof).
  • Hipster (n): A person who follows the latest trends, especially in fashion and culture.
  • Rose hip (n): The berry-like fruit of the rose plant.
Synonyms
  • Noun (Body Part): Pelvis, haunch.
  • Adjective (Trendy): Trendy, fashionable, cool, in, with it, savvy.
Related Phrases and Idioms
  • On the hip: (Archaic) At a disadvantage.
  • Hip and thigh: (Archaic) Ruthlessly and completely (as in to smite someone hip and thigh).
  • Join the hip: (Rare) To be very closely associated.
hip

She placed her hands on her hips and looked at the messy room.

Adjective
  1. informed about the latest trends
Noun
  1. the fruit of a rose plant
  2. (architecture) the exterior angle formed by the junction of a sloping side and a sloping end of a roof
  3. the ball-and-socket joint between the head of the femur and the acetabulum
  4. the structure of the vertebrate skeleton supporting the lower limbs in humans and the hind limbs or corresponding parts in other vertebrates
  5. either side of the body below the waist and above the thigh

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