hippy

[hip-ee]

adjective, hip·pi·er, hip·pi·est.

having big hips.

Origin of hippy

First recorded in 1890–95; hip¹ + -y¹

hippy

[hip-ee]

noun, plural hip·pies.

hippie.

Origin of hippy

hip⁴ + -y²

hippie

or hip·py

[hip-ee]

noun

a person, especially of the late 1960s, who rejected established institutions and values and sought spontaneity, direct personal relations expressing love, and expanded consciousness, often expressed externally in the wearing of casual, folksy clothing and of beads, headbands, used garments, etc.

Compare flower child.

Origin of hippie

An Americanism dating back to 1950–55; hip⁴ + -ie

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Examples from the Web for hippy

Contemporary Examples of hippy

Regardless, that goes double for a hippy isle full of expats and pungent pot known as Bocas del Toro.
A Man, a Plan, a Canal: Panama Turns 100
Bill Schulz
August 17, 2014
The Clinton Foundation chose Tulsa, Oklahoma, for the first Too Small to Fail project because it was an early adopter of HIPPY.
How a Kids Program Hillary Brought to Arkansas Could Unite Democrats
Eleanor Clift
April 25, 2014
Or the inimitable Oregon Country Fair, a 45,000-person, three-day Woodstock-esque hippy festival in the woods outside Eugene.
Hold Up, Hipsters: Stop Obsessing Over Oregon
Nina Strochlic
January 10, 2014
Was Ananda Marchildon too fat, or, specifically, too hippy to receive the €75,000 in assignments promised by the show?
Dutch Model Deemed ‘Too Fat’ Gets Her Day in Court and Poses to Prove Her Point
Nadette De Visser
March 6, 2012

Historical Examples of hippy

Hippy said he pounded and shouted and howled and wailed and pounded some more.
Grace Harlowe's Return to Overton Campus
Jessie Graham Flower
You haven't seen the bride's table in the tent yet, have you, Hippy?
Grace Harlowe's Return to Overton Campus
Jessie Graham Flower
Hippy said he would accompany her, but Grace shook her head.
Grace Harlowe's Overland Riders Among the Kentucky Mountaineers
Jessie Graham Flower
"That is what we are trying to find out," Hippy informed him.
Grace Harlowe's Overland Riders Among the Kentucky Mountaineers
Jessie Graham Flower
"We have seen him only once since you were here," Hippy informed him.
Grace Harlowe's Overland Riders Among the Kentucky Mountaineers
Jessie Graham Flower

British Dictionary definitions for hippy

hippy

hippie

noun plural -pies

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

Word Origin for hippy

C20: see hip 4

hippy

adjective -pier or -piest

informal (esp of a woman) having large hips

hippie

noun

a variant spelling of hippy 1

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Word Origin and History for hippy

adj.

"having prominent hips," 1919, from hip (n.1) + -y (2).

hippie

c.1965, American English (Haight-Ashbury slang); earlier hippie, 1953, was a usually disparaging variant of hipster (1941) "person who is keenly aware of the new and stylish," from hip "up-to-date" (see hip (adj.)).