1. Noun
The projecting region of the lateral parts of one side of the pelvis and the hip joint; the haunch; the huckle.
2. Noun
The external angle formed by the meeting of two sloping sides or skirts of a roof, which have their wall plates running in different directions.
3. Noun
In a bridge truss, the place where an inclined end post meets the top chord.
4. Verb
To dislocate or sprain the hip of, to fracture or injure the hip bone of (a quadruped) in such a manner as to produce a permanent depression of that side.
5. Verb
To throw (one's adversary) over one's hip in wrestling (technically called cross buttock).
6. Verb
To make with a hip or hips, as a roof.
7. Noun
The fruit of a rosebush, especially of the English dog-rose (Rosa canina).
8. Interjection
Used to excite attention or as a signal; as, hip, hip, hurra!
9. Noun
Alt. of Hipps
10. Noun
the ball-and-socket joint between the head of the femur and the acetabulum
Vocabulary classified under Medicine and healthcare
11. Noun
(architecture) the exterior angle formed by the junction of a sloping side and a sloping end of a roof
Vocabulary classified under Mathematics
12. Noun
the fruit of a rose plant
Vocabulary classified under Biology
13. Adjective
informed about the latest trends
Vocabulary classified under Research methods
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