n. | 1. | |
| 1. | The projecting region of the lateral parts of one side of the pelvis and the hip joint; the haunch; the huckle. |
| 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. |
| 3. | (Engin) In a bridge truss, the place where an inclined end post meets the top chord. |
v. t. | 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. |
| 2. | To throw (one's adversary) over one's hip in wrestling (technically called cross buttock). |
| 3. | To make with a hip or hips, as a roof. |
n. | 1. | (Bot.) The fruit of a rosebush, especially of the English dog-rose (Rosa canina); called also rose hip. |
interj. | 1. | Used to excite attention or as a signal; as, hip, hip, hurra! |
n. | 1. | See Hyp, n. |
a. | 1. | Aware of the latest ideas, trends, fashions, and developments in popular music and entertainment culture; not square; - same as hep. |
| 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. |