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hipshot en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• /ˈhɪpʃɒt/

Etymology

From hip + shot.

Meanings

1. Having a dislocated hip.
2. (dated) Clumsy, awkward.
3. (US, colloquial) Standing with one hip lower than the other.
   • No degree of the allegorical avoided an excuse to present an impudently hipshot youth, or a captive maiden in some appealing form of restraint 2006, Thomas Pynchon, Against the Day, Vintage, published 2007, page 686:

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hipshot en · ADV

Pronunciation

• /ˈhɪpʃɒt/

Etymology

From hip + shot.

Meanings

1. With one hip lower than the other.
   • Slocum [...] watched the horses and mules. Most stood hipshot, sleeping on their feet, nothing bothered them. 2005, Jake Logan, Slocum and the Sierra Madras Gold:
   • The two stubby horses, dusty and sweaty from the road, were standing hip-shot and bored, and Bernan sat on the driver's box with reins slack and his elbows on his knees. 2005, Lois McMaster Bujold, The Hallowed Hunt:

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