Meaning of hip in English | Powered by Free Dictionary API

noun

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

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

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

• (possibly obsolete) A drug addict, especially someone addicted to a narcotic like heroin.

verb

• To use one's hips to bump into someone.

• To throw (one's adversary) over one's hip ("cross-buttock").

• 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.

• To make with a hip or hips, as a roof.

noun

• The fruit of a rose.

verb

• To inform, to make knowledgeable.

adjective

• Aware, informed, up-to-date, trendy.