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   hip

   /hɪp/

   noun

   • 1. a projection of the pelvis and upper thigh bone on each side of the body in human beings and quadrupeds.
   • ▪ the circumference of the body at the buttocks: "I have big hips and thighs"
   • ▪ a person's hip joint: "she dislocated her hip"
   • 2. the sharp edge of a roof from the ridge to the eaves where the two sides meet: "hip tiles"

   Word Origin Old Englishhype, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch heup and German Hüfte, also to hop1.

   Scrabble Points: 8

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   What does hip mean?

   • bacia, quadril, anca… Need a translator? Get a quick, free translation! HIP definition: 1. the area below the waist and above the legs at either side of the body, or the joint that…. Learn more.

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   Is hip a slang term?

   • Hip, like cool, does not refer to one specific quality. What is considered hip is continuously changing. The term hip is recorded in African American Vernacular English (AAVE) in the early 1900s. In the 1930s and 1940s, it had become a common slang term, particularly in the African-American-dominated jazz scene.

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   Where does the word hip come from?

   • Research and speculation by both amateur and professional etymologists suggest that "hip" is derived from an earlier form, hep but that is disputed. Many etymologists believe that the terms hip, hep and hepcat derive from the west African Wolof language word hepicat, which means "one who has his eyes open".

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   Hip can refer to the part of the body below the waist, the joint connecting the thigh and pelvis, the angle of a roof, or the fruit of a rose. It can also be an interjection, an adjective, or an acronym.

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   HIP meaning: 1. one of the two parts of your body above your leg and below your waist: 2. fashionable. Learn more.

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   noun. the projecting part of each side of the body formed by the side of the pelvis and the upper part of the femur and the flesh covering them; haunch. hip joint. Architecture. the inclined projecting angle formed by the junction of a sloping side and a sloping end, or of two adjacent sloping sides, of a roof. Furniture. knee ( def 6 ). adjective.