Definition of "hip" in English

noun

1. (anatomy) The outward-projecting parts of the pelvis and top of the femur and the overlying tissue.

2. The inclined external angle formed by the intersection of two sloping roof planes.

3. In a bridge truss, the place where an inclined end post meets the top chord.

4. (slang, possibly dated) A drug addict, especially someone addicted to a narcotic like heroin.

verb

1. (chiefly sports) To use one's hips to bump into someone.

2. (wrestling) To throw (one's adversary) over one's hip ("cross-buttock").

3. 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.

4. To make with a hip or hips, as a roof.

noun

1. The fruit of a rose.

adjective

1. (slang, dated) Aware, informed, up-to-date, trendy.

verb

1. (transitive, slang) To inform, to make knowledgeable.

interjection

1. An exclamation to invoke a united cheer: hip hip hooray.