Hip (?), n. [OE. hipe, huppe, AS. hype; akin to D. heup, OHG. huf, G. hufte, Dan. hofte, Sw. hoft, Goth. hups; cf. Icel. huppr, and also Gr. the hollow above the hips of cattle, and Lith. 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. 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 In a bridge truss, the place where an inclined end post meets the top chord.
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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, ∨ 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.
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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.
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Hip (?), n. [OE. hepe, AS. heope; cf. OHG. hiufo a bramble bush.] Bot. The fruit of a rosebush, especially of the English dog-rose (Rosa canina). [Written also hop, hep.]
Hip tree Bot., the dog-rose.
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Hip, interj. Used to excite attention or as a signal; as, hip, hip, hurra!
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Hip, or Hipps (), n. See Hyp, n. [Colloq.]
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