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Hip \Hip\, n. [OE. hipe, huppe, AS. hype; akin to D. heup, OHG.
huf, G. h["u]fte, Dan. hofte, Sw. h["o]ft, Goth. hups; cf.
Icel. huppr, and also Gr. ? the hollow above the hips of
cattle, and Lith. kumpis ham.]
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1. The projecting region of the lateral parts of one side of
the pelvis and the hip joint; the haunch; the huckle.
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2. (Arch.) 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.
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3. (Engin) In a bridge truss, the place where an inclined end
post meets the top chord. --Waddell.
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{Hip bone} (Anat.), the innominate bone; -- called also
{haunch bone} and {huckle bone}.

{Hip girdle} (Anat.), the pelvic girdle.

{Hip joint} (Anat.), the articulation between the thigh bone
and hip bone.

{Hip knob} (Arch.), a finial, ball, or other ornament at the
intersection of the hip rafters and the ridge.

{Hip molding} (Arch.), a molding on the hip of a roof,
covering the hip joint of the slating or other roofing.

{Hip rafter} (Arch.), the rafter extending from the wall
plate to the ridge in the angle of a hip roof.

{Hip roof}, {Hipped roof} (Arch.), a roof having sloping ends
and sloping sides. See {Hip}, n., 2., and {Hip}, v. t., 3.


{Hip tile}, a tile made to cover the hip of a roof.

{To catch upon the hip}, or {To have on the hip}, to have or
get the advantage of; -- a figure probably derived from
wresting. --Shak.

{To smite hip and thigh}, to overthrow completely; to defeat
utterly. --Judg. xv. 8.
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Hip \Hip\, interj.
Used to excite attention or as a signal; as, hip, hip, hurra!
Hip


Hip \Hip\, or Hipps \Hipps\, n.
See {Hyp}, n. [Colloq.]
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hip \hip\, a.
1. Aware of the latest ideas, trends, fashions, and
developments in popular music and entertainment culture;
not square; -- same as {hep}.

Syn: tuned in.
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2. Aware of the latest fashions and behaving as expected
socially, especially in clothing style and musical taste;
exhibiting an air of casual sophistication; cool; with it;
-- used mostly among young people in the teens to
twenties.
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Hip \Hip\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Hipped}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Hipping}.]
1. 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.
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2. To throw (one's adversary) over one's hip in wrestling
(technically called cross buttock).
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3. To make with a hip or hips, as a roof.
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{Hipped roof}. See {Hip roof}, under {Hip}.
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Hip \Hip\, n. [OE. hepe, AS. he['o]pe; cf. OHG. hiufo a bramble
bush.] (Bot.)
The fruit of a rosebush, especially of the English dog-rose
({Rosa canina}); called also {rose hip}. [Written also {hop},
{hep}.]
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{Hip tree} (Bot.), the dog-rose.
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