hippy

[ hip-ee ]

/ ˈhɪp i /

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adjective, hip·pi·er, hip·pi·est.

having big hips.

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Origin of hippy

First recorded in 1890–95; hip¹ + -y¹

Words nearby hippy

hippopotamus, Hippo Regius, Hippo Zarytus, hippuric acid, hippus, hippy, hip roof, hipshot, hipster, hipsterism, hipsters

Other definitions for hippy (2 of 2)

hippy²

[ hip-ee ]

/ ˈhɪp i /

noun, plural hip·pies.

hippie.

Origin of hippy

hip⁴ + -y²

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How to use hippy in a sentence

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.
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Alison, meanwhile, had gone to a yoga retreat with her hippy-dippy mother.
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I wandered around aimlessly for a while, then gave the goose to an acquiescent hippy on a barge.
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Regardless, that goes double for a hippy isle full of expats and pungent pot known as Bocas del Toro.
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Surely he would have found her efforts to effect world peace through art and music a little impractical, and hippy-dippyish?
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The Clinton Foundation chose Tulsa, Oklahoma, for the first Too Small to Fail project because it was an early adopter of HIPPY.
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Miss Hippy's countenance fell, changed, and again became expressive of doubt—this time offensively.
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"I'd rather be in a vault, with the dead, than out here," observed Hippy.
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"They are probably mama and papa and the whole family," replied Hippy.
Grace Harlowe's Plebe Year at High School|Jessie Graham Flower
Hippy painted the scenery and David supplied the electric lights.
Grace Harlowe's Plebe Year at High School|Jessie Graham Flower
Washington would not budge, so Hippy led him over to the caller.
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British Dictionary definitions for hippy (1 of 2)

hippy¹

hippie

/ (ˈhɪpɪ) /

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

British Dictionary definitions for hippy (2 of 2)

hippy²

/ (ˈhɪpɪ) /

adjective -pier or -piest

informal (esp of a woman) having large hips

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