From Middle English hipe, hupe, from Old English hype, from Proto-Germanic *hupiz (compare Dutch heup, Low German Huop, German Hüfte), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱewb- (compare Welsh cysgu (“to sleep”), Latin cubāre (“to lie”), Ancient Greek κύβος (kúbos, “hollow in the hips”), Albanian sup (“shoulder”), Sanskrit शुप्ति (śúpti, “shoulder”)), from *ḱew- (“to bend”). More at high. The sense "drug addict" derives from addicts lying on their hips while using certain drugs such as opium.
Meanings
The outward-projecting parts of the pelvis and top of the femur and the overlying tissue.
The inclined external angle formed by the intersection of two sloping roof planes.
In a bridge truss, the place where an inclined end post meets the top chord.
in all bridges preference will be given to designs having struts for hip verticals 1887, John Alexander Low Waddell, General Specifications for Highway Bridges of Iron and Steel:
(dated, possibly, slang) A drug addict, especially someone addicted to a narcotic like heroin.
Ike explained to me that the Mexican government issued permits to hips allowing them a definite quantity of morphine per month at wholesale prices. 1953, William Lee [pseudonym; William S. Burroughs], Junkie, New York: Ace Books:
From Middle English hipe, hupe, from Old English hype, from Proto-Germanic *hupiz (compare Dutch heup, Low German Huop, German Hüfte), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱewb- (compare Welsh cysgu (“to sleep”), Latin cubāre (“to lie”), Ancient Greek κύβος (kúbos, “hollow in the hips”), Albanian sup (“shoulder”), Sanskrit शुप्ति (śúpti, “shoulder”)), from *ḱew- (“to bend”). More at high. The sense "drug addict" derives from addicts lying on their hips while using certain drugs such as opium.
Meanings
To use one's hips to bump into someone.
To throw (one's adversary) over one's hip ("cross-buttock").
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.
From Middle English hepe, heppe, hipe, from Old English hēope, from Proto-Germanic *heupǭ (compare Dutch joop, German Hiefe, Faroese hjúpa), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱewb- (“briar, thorn”) (compare Old Prussian kaāubri (“thorn”), Lithuanian kaubrė̃ (“heap”)).
Meanings
The fruit of a rose.
The oaks bear mast, the briars scarlet hips;
The bounteous housewife, Nature, on each bush
Lays her full mess before you. c. 1605–1608 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Life of Tymon of Athens”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene iii]:
1. BROTHER. […] What doo you gather there?
OLD MAN. Hips and Hawes, and stickes and strawes, and thinges that I gather on the ground my sonne. c. 1590 (date written), G[eorge] P[eele], The Old Wiues Tale. […], London: […] Iohn Danter, for Raph Hancocke, and Iohn Hardie, […], published 1595, →OCLC, [line 175-178]:
nb nype (the fruit of a rose) · sh šipak (the fruit of a rose) · pl owoc dzikiej róży (the fruit of a rose) · nn nype (the fruit of a rose) · eo rozfrukto (the fruit of a rose) · es escaramujo (the fruit of a rose) · pt cinórrodo (the fruit of a rose) · hu csipkebogyó (the fruit of a rose) · fa خفچه (the fruit of a rose) · sk šípka (the fruit of a rose) · fi kiulukka (the fruit of a rose) · de Hagebutte (the fruit of a rose) · cy egroes (the fruit of a rose) · gwi nichį̀h (the fruit of a rose) · sv nypon (the fruit of a rose) · ga mogóir (the fruit of a rose) · fr cynorrhodon (the fruit of a rose) · fo rósuber (the fruit of a rose) · eo rozbero (the fruit of a rose) · fi ruusunmarja (the fruit of a rose) · bg шипка (the fruit of a rose) · gwi nichih (Teetł'it) (the fruit of a rose) · cs šípek (the fruit of a rose) · ka ასკილი (the fruit of a rose) · nl rozenbottel (the fruit of a rose) · da hyben (the fruit of a rose) · fo hjúpa (the fruit of a rose)
Unknown or disputed. Probably a variant of hep; both forms are attested from the first decade of the 20th century. Some sources suggest derivation from Wolof hepi (“to see”) or hipi (“to open one’s eyes”). Others suggest connection to the noun, as opium smokers were said to lie on a hip. Neither of these suggestions is widely accepted, however.
Everybody's saying that / Hell's the hippest way to go / Well, I don't think so / But I'm gonna take a look around it, though 1971, Joni Mitchell, “Blue”, in Blue:
I am also starting a folk-entourage school where you can go into gladitorial training to hang out in hip crowds with budding young folk stars. 1965 December, Phil Ochs, “That Was The Year That Weren't”, in Cavalier:
One of the saints in my life is this woman named Imogene Hill, who was a fourth-grade teacher who taught this advanced class. She got hip to my whole situation in about a month and kindled a passion in me for learning things. 1985 February, David Sheff, “Playboy Interview: Steve Jobs”, in Playboy, archived from the original on 19 Mar 2019:
“Saturday Night” has an explicitly hip, cynical outlook, coupled with an impressive amount of freedom. 1975 October 27, Jeff Greenfield, “Ragged but Funny”, in New York, volume 8, number 43, page 65:
Rudolph promoted Stevens Pass with restless zeal. In seven years there, he helped turn a relatively small, roadside ski area into a hip destination. 2012 December 26, John Branch, “Snow Fall: The Avalanche at Tunnel Creek”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 14 Nov 2013:
Unknown or disputed. Probably a variant of hep; both forms are attested from the first decade of the 20th century. Some sources suggest derivation from Wolof hepi (“to see”) or hipi (“to open one’s eyes”). Others suggest connection to the noun, as opium smokers were said to lie on a hip. Neither of these suggestions is widely accepted, however.
Meanings
(slang, transitive) To inform, to make knowledgeable.
She went ape over Chris. She'd go downtown and come home with shopping bags loaded with fine dresses and underclothes for herself and her sisters. Later she hipped Chris to boosting 1969, Iceberg Slim, Pimp, page 223:
A friend just hipped me to your rag and its ^([sic]) been a totally beautiful experience! Presently I'm imprisoned at the California Institute for Women and would like to receive my own issues of GCN. 1983 August 20, Mary Frances Gonzales, “Come Together”, in Gay Community News, volume 11, number 6, page 5:
She's a volunteer, hipped on civil rights, another do-gooder, evidently with a private pile since she takes no pay 1964, Rex Stout, A Right to Die, page 78:
The guy hips himself to so many things. 2009, Sean Rogers, Pynchon and comics:
No doubt, too, Sand must have hipped him quietly in a whisper somewhere what was happening with the lover 1958, Jack Kerouac, The Subterraneans, page 90: