The part at the back of the hip, which, in man, forms one of the rounded protuberances on which he sits; the rump. Often used in the plural - see buttocks.
The convexity of a ship behind, under the stern.
The projecting region of the lateral parts of one side of the pelvis and the hip joint; the haunch; the huckle.
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.
In a bridge truss, the place where an inclined end post meets the top chord.
The fruit of a rosebush, especially of the English dog-rose (Rosa canina); called also rose hip.
See Hyp, n.
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 throw (one’s adversary) over one’s hip in wrestling (technically called cross buttock).
To make with a hip or hips, as a roof.
Used to excite attention or as a signal; as, hip, hip, hurra!
Aware of the latest ideas, trends, fashions, and developments in popular music and entertainment culture; not square; - same as hep.
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.
