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hipped

1 American  
[hipt] / hɪpt /

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 American  
[hipt] / hɪpt /

adjective

Informal.
  1. greatly interested or preoccupied, almost to an irrational extent; obsessed (usually followed byon ).

    He's hipped on learning to play the tuba.


hipped 1 British  
/ hɪpt /

adjective

    1. having a hip or hips

    2. ( in combination )

      broad-hipped

      low-hipped

  1. (esp of cows, sheep, reindeer, elk, etc) having an injury to the hip, such as a dislocation of the bones

  2. architect having a hip or hips See also hipped roof

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

hipped 2 British  
/ hɪpt /

adjective

  1. old-fashioned very enthusiastic (about)

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of hipped1

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

Origin of hipped2

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

Example Sentences

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Harjo hipped her to many indie Oklahoma artists who are featured in the show, including Broncho, Samantha Crain, and Jacob Tovar, who performs on screen in a honky-tonk scene.

From Salon • Aug. 3, 2022

The photographs showed fire within the house, just behind an entrance portico that includes rectangular brick or stone columns supporting a hipped roof.

From Washington Post • Dec. 22, 2021

Valley Village came out of a rib of North Hollywood, which hipped itself up as NoHo, but was born as Lankershim, for an early Valley wheat grower whose son-in-law was named Van Nuys.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 9, 2021

When she told him, he burst out laughing, and then hipped her to the store’s true content.

From The Guardian • Apr. 22, 2020

"It'll be a case of go easy for some days for all you hipped ones."

From White Fire by Oxenham, John

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