hippy

¹

[ hip-ee ]

adjective

, hip·pi·er, hip·pi·est.

1. having big hips.

hippy

²

[ hip-ee ]

noun

, plural hip·pies.

1. hippie.

hippy

¹

/ ˈhɪpɪ /

noun

1. 1. (esp during the 1960s) a person whose behaviour, dress, use of drugs, etc, implied a rejection of conventional values
   2. ( as modifier )

      hippy language

hippy

²

/ ˈhɪpɪ /

adjective

1. informal.
   (esp of a woman) having large hips

Word History and Origins

Origin of hippy¹

First recorded in 1890–95; hip ¹ + -y ¹

Origin of hippy²

hip ⁴ + -y ²

Word History and Origins

Origin of hippy¹

C20: see hip ⁴

Example Sentences

The Taliban had tried hard to turn back the centuries in the country, which at one point in the 1970s was a key stop on the hippy trail and a place where some Afghan women wore miniskirts.

From Ozy

Alison, meanwhile, had gone to a yoga retreat with her hippy-dippy mother.

From The Daily Beast

I wandered around aimlessly for a while, then gave the goose to an acquiescent hippy on a barge.

From The Daily Beast

Regardless, that goes double for a hippy isle full of expats and pungent pot known as Bocas del Toro.

From The Daily Beast

Surely he would have found her efforts to effect world peace through art and music a little impractical, and hippy-dippyish?

From The Daily Beast

The Clinton Foundation chose Tulsa, Oklahoma, for the first Too Small to Fail project because it was an early adopter of HIPPY.

From The Daily Beast

Miss Hippy's countenance fell, changed, and again became expressive of doubt—this time offensively.

From Project Gutenberg

"I'd rather be in a vault, with the dead, than out here," observed Hippy.

From Project Gutenberg

"They are probably mama and papa and the whole family," replied Hippy.

From Project Gutenberg

Hippy painted the scenery and David supplied the electric lights.

From Project Gutenberg

Washington would not budge, so Hippy led him over to the caller.

From Project Gutenberg