hipped

¹

[ hipt ]

adjective

1. having hips.
2. having the hips as specified (usually used in combination):

   broad-hipped; narrow-hipped.

3. (especially of livestock) having the hip injured or dislocated.
4. Architecture. formed with a hip or hips, as a roof.

hipped

²

[ hipt ]

adjective

, Informal.

1. greatly interested or preoccupied, almost to an irrational extent; obsessed (usually followed by on ):

   He's hipped on learning to play the tuba.

hipped

¹

/ hɪpt /

adjective

1. old-fashioned.
   often postpositivefoll byon very enthusiastic (about)

hipped

²

/ hɪpt /

adjective

1. 1. having a hip or hips
   2. ( in combination )

      broad-hipped

      low-hipped

2. (esp of cows, sheep, reindeer, elk, etc) having an injury to the hip, such as a dislocation of the bones
3. See hipped roof
   architect having a hip or hips See also hipped roof

Word History and Origins

Origin of hipped¹

First recorded in 1500–10; hip ¹ + -ed ³

Origin of hipped²

First recorded in 1915–20; hip ⁴ + -ed ³

Word History and Origins

Origin of hipped¹

C20: from hip ⁴

Example Sentences

Our testers ranged from straight hipped to pear shaped, four foot eleven to five foot five, and sizes 4 to 16.

From Outside Online

Oddly, they are in the “lizard-hipped,” and not the “bird-hipped,” dinosaur group.

From Science News For Students

It was Kathryn Bigelow who directed that, and she is who hipped me to PJ Harvey.

From The Daily Beast

Slim-hipped and washboard-abbed, she showed a fair amount of midriff.

From The Daily Beast

Not so upon those of the unhappy Dammit, who offered to bet the Devil his head that I was hipped.

From Project Gutenberg

The roofs are flat and tiled, and hipped back in an ungainly fashion even at the transepts.

From Project Gutenberg

She was a flat-hipped Englishwoman, with a cleft chin and enigmatic greenish eyes.

From Project Gutenberg

It stood on the upper side of Lockman Street and was built with a hipped or gamble roof.

From Project Gutenberg

Babes hung at the breasts of the women, and they were heavy-hipped with increase of the tribe.

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