hipshot

[hip-shot]

adjective

1. having the hip dislocated.

2. having one hip lower than the other.

   a Greek statue in hipshot pose.

Word History and Origins

Origin of hipshot¹

First recorded in 1630–40; hip ¹ + shot ²

Example Sentences

Painted just as large is movie star Dorothy Lamour, wearing a sarong and standing hipshot near singer Paul Robeson, who is shown in the epauletted uniform he wore for the movie “The Emperor Jones.”

Read more on Washington Times

At one point, I sat down near the park entrance, where a couple of rough, hipshot rancher ladies were swaggering back and forth and trading insults with each other.

Read more on The Verge

And it’s likely to kick off a debate about whether Star Wars eventually needs its own version of Thor: Ragnarok, an idiosyncratic, obviously director-flavored, predominately humorous movie that gives its characters a hipshot, silly charm.

Read more on The Verge

Skarsgård's repeated hipshot half-naked posturing—in the rain, in a face-off with a CGI gorilla, on a moving train, on a boat, in every setting he can find—has an effective allure, but it's also faintly hilarious, as though he's trying to pose for that romance-novel cover, and can't settle on a backdrop.

Read more on The Verge

Shum's performance strikes a similar, though less original note; his hipshot swagger and smoldering sullenness recalls his original Crouching Tiger equivalent, the bandit Lo.

Read more on The Verge