hipping

Variant of hip

hip definition

hip (hip)

noun

    1. the part of the human body surrounding and including the hip joint; esp., the fleshy part between the waist and the upper thigh; haunch
    2. hip joint
  2. the corresponding part of an animal's body
  3. Archit. the angle formed by the meeting of two sloping sides of a roof

Etymology: ME hipe < OE hype, akin to Ger hüfte (OHG huf) < IE *keub-, to bend, as at a joint (< base *keu-, to bend, bend over) > L cubare, to lie, Gr kybos, hollow above the hips of cattle

transitive verb hipped, hipping hip′·ping

to make (a roof) with such an angle or angles
hip Idioms

on the hip

or upon the hip
Rare at a disadvantage: originally with reference to wrestling

smite hip and thigh

Etymology: cf. Judg. 15:8

to attack unsparingly; overwhelm with or as with blows

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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