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hip

/hɪp/

noun

Meaning

  • 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

Meaning

  • 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.