Definition

1. Adjective:
   • (Architecture) Having a roof that slopes on all sides: Describes a roof design where all sides slope downwards to the walls, typically without vertical gable ends.
   • Having hips; or having hips of a specified kind: Refers to the anatomical hip structure of a person or animal. Often used in combination with another word to describe the shape or size (e.g., broad-hipped, narrow-hipped).
   • (Informal, chiefly US) Melancholy, depressed, or low-spirited: An older, informal usage meaning to be in a state of sadness or dejection.
   • (Informal, with 'on') Obsessed with or excessively enthusiastic about something: To be fixated on or very keen about a particular subject or activity.

Usage Examples

• Adjective (Architecture):

  • The traditional cottage featured a hipped roof that provided excellent stability against the wind.
  • They chose a hipped roof design for its elegant and symmetrical appearance.

• Adjective (Anatomy):

  • The dancer was powerfully built and hipped.
  • The mare was strong and broad-hipped, ideal for breeding.

• Adjective (Informal: Melancholy):

  • After hearing the bad news, he felt quite hipped for the rest of the day. (Note: This usage is now rare.)

• Adjective (Informal: Obsessed):

  • She's completely hipped on vintage jazz records and collects them avidly.

Advanced Usage

• "hipped on": To be very enthusiastic or knowledgeable about a particular topic.
  • He's so hipped on modern architecture that he can identify the architect of any building downtown.

Variants and Related Words

• Hip (noun): The projecting part of the body formed by the side of the pelvis and the upper part of the femur.
• Hip (adjective): (Slang) Fashionable or trendy.
• Hip roof (noun): The type of roof that is hipped; a roof with sloping ends and sides.
• Gable roof (noun): A roof with two sloping sides and a vertical gable end at each of the other two sides. (This is an antonymous architectural term).

Synonyms

• For "having hips": Curvy, shaped.
• For "depressed": Dejected, downcast, melancholy. (Note: This sense is dated/informal)
• For "obsessed": Enthusiastic, fixated, keen on, hung up on (informal).

Related Phrases

• Broad-hipped: Having wide hips.
  • The anthropological study noted that the skeletons were typically broad-hipped.
• Narrow-hipped: Having slender or narrow hips.

Idioms

• (To be) hipped on a subject: To be intensely interested in or preoccupied with a topic. This is an idiomatic phrasal use.
  • Don't get him started on climate change—he's totally hipped on the subject and will talk for hours.

Adjective

1. (of a roof) sloping on all sides
   • a hipped roof has sloping ends rather than gables
2. having hips; or having hips as specified (usually in combination)
   • broad-hipped