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- [hip]
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- [hip]
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Definitions of hip word
- abbreviation HIP hypochondria. 1
- adjective hip familiar with or informed about the latest ideas, styles, developments, etc.: My parents aren't exactly hip, you know. 1
- adjective hip considered aware of or attuned to what is expected, especially with a casual or knowing air; cool: The guy was not at all hip—a total nerd. 1
- adjective hip in agreement or willing to cooperate; going along: We explained our whole plan, and she was hip. 1
- verb with object hip to make or keep aware or informed. 1
- idioms hip shoot from the hip, Informal. to speak or act bluntly or rashly, without deliberation or prudence: Diplomats are trained to conduct themselves with discretion, and not to shoot from the hip. 1
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Origin of hip
First appearance:
before 1000 One of the 6% oldest English words
before 1000; Middle English hipe, hupe, Old English hype; cognate with Old High German huf (German Hüfte hip), Gothic hups hip, loin; compare Greek kýbos cube1 the hollow above the hips (of cattle), Latin cubitus elbow (see cubit)
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Parts of speech for Hip
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
hip popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 99% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
hip usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for hip
adj hip
- modern — of or relating to present and recent time; not ancient or remote: modern city life.
- contemporary — Contemporary things are modern and relate to the present time.
- sophisticated — sophisticated.
- hot — having or giving off heat; having a high temperature: a hot fire; hot coffee.
- new — other than the former or the old: a new era; in the New World.
adjective hip
- fashionable — observant of or conforming to the fashion; stylish: a fashionable young woman.
- stylish — characterized by or conforming to style or the fashionable standard; fashionably elegant; smart or chic: She wore a very stylish gown to the inaugural ball.
- a la mode — A dessert à la mode is served with ice cream.
noun hip
- pome — the characteristic fruit of the apple family, as an apple, pear, or quince, in which the edible flesh arises from the greatly swollen receptacle and not from the carpels.
- pleura — Anatomy, Zoology. a delicate serous membrane investing each lung in mammals and folded back as a lining of the corresponding side of the thorax.
- loins — Usually, loins. the part or parts of the human body or of a quadruped animal on either side of the spinal column, between the false ribs and hipbone.
- flank — the side of an animal or a person between the ribs and hip.
- new look — a new or changed appearance, approach, etc., especially one characterized by marked departure from the previous or traditional one.
Antonyms for hip
adj hip
- old-fashioned — of a style or kind that is no longer in vogue: an old-fashioned bathing suit.
- outdated — no longer in use or fashionable; out-of-date; outmoded; antiquated.
- unpopular — not popular; disliked or ignored by the public or by persons generally.
- worn — past participle of wear.
- old — far advanced in the years of one's or its life: an old man; an old horse; an old tree.
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