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Hip
/hɪp/
The outward-projecting parts of the pelvis and top of the femur and the overlying tissue.
📖 Definitions of "Hip"
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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.
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(possibly obsolete) A drug addict, especially someone addicted to a narcotic like heroin.
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To use one's hips to bump into someone.
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To throw (one's adversary) over one's hip ("cross-buttock").
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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.
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To make with a hip or hips, as a roof.
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