hip : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: hip	by the DICT Development Group
6 results for hip
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
hip adj informed about the latest trends [syn: hep, hip, {hip to(p)}] n either side of the body below the waist and above the thigh the structure of the vertebrate skeleton supporting the lower limbs in humans and the hind limbs or corresponding parts in other vertebrates Synonym(s): pelvis, pelvic girdle, pelvic arch, hip the ball-and-socket joint between the head of the femur and the acetabulum Synonym(s): hip, hip joint, coxa, articulatio coxae (architecture) the exterior angle formed by the junction of a sloping side and a sloping end of a roof the fruit of a rose plant Synonym(s): hip, rose hip, rosehip
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Hip \Hip\, n. [OE. hipe, huppe, AS. hype; akin to D. heup, OHG. huf, G. h[81]fte, Dan. hofte, Sw. h[94]ft, Goth. hups; cf. Icel. huppr, and also Gr. [?] the hollow above the hips of cattle, and Lith. kumpis ham.] 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. --Waddell. {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}, {Hipped 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}, [or] {To have on the hip}, to have or get the advantage of; -- a figure probably derived from wresting. --Shak. {To smite hip and thigh}, to overthrow completely; to defeat utterly. --Judg. xv. 8.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Hip \Hip\, or Hipps \Hipps\, n. See {Hyp}, n. [Colloq.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Hip \Hip\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Hipped}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Hipping}.] 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. {Hipped roof}. See {Hip roof}, under {Hip}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Hip \Hip\, n. [OE. hepe, AS. he[a2]pe; cf. OHG. hiufo a bramble bush.] (Bot.) The fruit of a rosebush, especially of the English dog-rose ({Rosa canina}). [Written also {hop}, {hep}.] {Hip tree} (Bot.), the dog-rose.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Hip \Hip\, interj. Used to excite attention or as a signal; as, hip, hip, hurra!