Hip

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. 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 (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 to have or get the advantage of; - a figure probably derived from wresting. To smite hip and thigh to overthrow completely; to defeat utterly. - Shak.
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. [imp. & p. p. Hipped ; p. pr. & vb. n. Hipping.]
	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. Hipped roof See Hip roof, under Hip.
n.	1.	(Bot.) The fruit of a rosebush, especially of the English dog-rose (Rosa canina); called also rose hip. Hip tree (Bot.) the dog-rose.
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.

Noun	1.	hip - either side of the body below the waist and above the thigh
	2.	hip - the structure of the vertebrate skeleton supporting the lower limbs in humans and the hind limbs or corresponding parts in other vertebrates Synonyms: pelvic arch, pelvic girdle, pelvis
	3.	hip - the ball-and-socket joint between the head of the femur and the acetabulum Synonyms: articulatio coxae, coxa, hip joint
	4.	hip - the fruit of a rose plant Synonyms: rose hip, rosehip
Adj.	1.	hip - informed about the latest trends Synonyms: hep, hip to

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