hiphugger

[hip-huhg-er]

adjective

(of a garment) having a close-fitting waistline placed at the hip rather than at the natural waist: hiphugger jeans.

noun

hiphuggers, trousers having this type of waistline.

Origin of hiphugger

First recorded in 1965–70; hip¹ + hug + -er¹

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