HIP

Home information pack, a set of documents containing details about a house, which a seller must make available to prospective buyers.

hip¹ /hip/

1. The haunch or fleshy part of the thigh
2. The hip joint
3. The external angle formed by the sides of a roof when the end slopes backwards instead of terminating in a gable (architecture)

1. To sprain or hurt the hip of
2. To throw over the hip
3. To carry on the hip (US)
4. To construct with a hip (architecture)

hipped adjective

1. Having a hip or hips
2. (of a roof) sloping at the end as well as at the sides

hippˈen, hippˈin or hippˈing noun (Scot)

A baby's nappy (wrapped around the hips)

hippˈy adjective

Having large hips

hipˈsters plural noun (also N American hipˈ-huggers)

Trousers (for men or women) designed to fit on the hips, not the waist

hip bath noun

A bath to sit in

hipˈ-belt noun

The 14c sword-belt, passing diagonally from waist to hip

hip bone noun

The innominate bone

hip flask noun

A flask, esp one containing alcoholic spirit, carried in a hip pocket

hipˈ-girdle noun

1. The pelvic girdle
2. A hip-belt

hipˈ-gout noun

Sciatica

hip-huggers see hipsters above.

hip joint noun

The articulation of the head of the thigh bone with the ilium

hip joint disease noun

A disease of the hip joint with inflammation, fungus growth, caries, and dislocation

hipˈ-knob noun

An ornament placed on the apex of the hip of a roof or of a gable

hipˈ-lock noun

In wrestling, a form of cross-buttock

hip pocket noun

A trouser pocket behind the hip

hip replacement noun

Operative replacement of the hip joint, performed esp in cases of severe osteoarthritis

hip-roofˈ noun

A hipped roof

hipˈ-shot adjective

Having the hip out of joint

have or catch on the hip

To get an advantage over someone (from wrestling)

hip² /hip/ or hep /hep/

The fruit of the dog rose or other rose

hip³ /hip/

An exclamation invoking and forming the first part of a united cheer, as in hip-hip-hurray

hip⁴ /hip/ (informal)

Knowing, informed about, or following the latest trends in music, fashion, political ideas, etc

hipˈness noun

hippˈie or hippˈy noun

One of the hippies, successors of the beatniks as rebels against the values of middle-class society, orig in the 1960s stressing the importance of love, organizing to some extent their own communities, and wearing colourful clothes

hippˈiedom or hippˈydom noun

The lifestyle or community of hippies

hipster /hipˈstər/ noun

1. A person who knows and appreciates up-to-date jazz
2. A member of the beat generation (1950s and early 1960s)
3. A member of the generation born in the 1980–90s who look down on their native middle-class culture, and self-consciously adopt a bohemian lifestyle and mode of dress (derogatory)

hipˈ-hop adjective and noun

1. (relating to or characteristic of) a popular culture movement developed in the USA in the early 1980s and comprising rap music, breakdancing and graffiti
2. (of, relating to or characteristic of) the rap music associated with this movement

hip⁵ or hyp /hip/

Hypochondria

1. To render melancholy or annoyed
2. To offend

hipped adjective

1. Melancholy
2. Peevish, offended, annoyed
3. Obsessed

hippˈish adjective

• abetters
• abetting
• abettor
• abettors
• ab extra
• abeyance
• abeyances
• abeyancies
• abeyancy
• abeyant
• ABF
• ABFM
• abh
• ABH
• abhominable
• abhor
• abhorred
• abhorrence
• abhorrences
• abhorrencies
• abhorrency
• abhorrent
• abhorrently
• abhorrer
• abhorrers