hip

CEFRB1

/hɪp/

noun · adjective

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    The area of the body between the waist and upper leg.

  2. 02

    adjective

    Fashionable and aware of current styles.

Examples

  • He was trying to explain the difference between hip hop and rap.

  • I am aware that my hip aches when it rains.

At a glance

Sits at B1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
2
Citations
5
Synonyms
3

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. In a bridge truss, the place where an inclined end post meets the top chord.

  2. The inclined external angle formed by the intersection of two sloping roof planes.

  3. The outward-projecting parts of the pelvis and top of the femur and the overlying tissue.

More examples

In context

  • The man wore a gun on his hip.

  • Ike explained to me that the Mexican government issued permits to hips allowing them a definite quantity of morphine per month at wholesale prices.

  • in all bridges preference will be given to designs having struts for hip verticals

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Origin

noun

From Middle English hipe, hupe, from Old English hype, from Proto-Germanic *hupiz (compare Dutch heup, Low German Huop, German Hüfte), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱewb- (compare Welsh cysgu (“to sleep”), Latin cubāre (“to lie”), Ancient Greek κύβος (kúbos, “hollow in the hips”), Albanian sup (“shoulder”), Sanskrit शुप्ति (śúpti, “shoulder”)), from *ḱew- (“to bend”). More at high. The sense "drug addict" derives from addicts lying on their hips while using certain drugs such as opium.