Hip, n. Etym: [OE. hipe, huppe, AS. hype; akin to D. heup, OHG. huf, G. hüfte, Dan. hofte, Sw. höft, Goth. hups; cf. Icel. huppr, and also Gr. 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.)
Definition: 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)
Definition: 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.
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.
Hip, n. Etym: [OE. hepe, AS. heĂłpe; cf. OHG. hiufo a bramble bush.] (Bot.)
Definition: The fruit of a rosebush, especially of the English dog-rose (Rosa canina). [Written also hop, hep.] Hip tree (Bot.), the dog- rose.
Hip, interj.
Definition: Used to excite attention or as a signal; as, hip, hip, hurra!
Hip, or Hipps (, n.
Definition: See Hyp, n. [Colloq.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
19 April 2024
(verb) hold in suspicion; believe to be guilty; “The U.S. suspected Bin Laden as the mastermind behind the terrorist attacks”
Coffee dates back to the 9th century. Goat herders in Ethiopia noticed their goats seem to be “dancing” after eating berries from a particular shrub. They reported it to the local monastery, and a monk made a drink out of it. The monk found out he felt energized and kept him awake at night. That’s how the first coffee drink was born.
