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.

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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.

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hipped ¹ British  

/ hɪpt /

adjective

1. 1. having a hip or hips

   2. ( in combination )

      broad-hipped

      low-hipped

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

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

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hipped ² British  

/ hɪpt /

adjective

1. old-fashioned very enthusiastic (about)

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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

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

There, I just hipped you to a wonderful alternative to aching your way through Emmy night.

From Salon • Sep. 15, 2018

The building exhibited recessed galleries on the north and south sides, and a flattish hipped roof.

From Toronto of Old by Scadding, Henry