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hiptop en · NOUN

Etymology

Blend of hip + laptop. Perhaps introduced as a brand name; see Danger Hiptop.

Meanings

  1. A small portable personal computer somewhat like a smartphone.
    • But the Web comes in two flavors on mobile devices. On newer “smart” phones, PDAs, and hiptops, you can get the regular, glorious Web—the one you're used to seeing on your desktop or laptop computer—via a small Web browser. 2006, Sarah Milstein, J. D. Biersdorfer, Rael Dornfest, Google: The Missing Manual:
    • Newer browsers will ignore them; mobile phones, palmtops, and hiptops often have very basic browsers that understand only the basic tags. 2006, Eve Astrid Andersson, Philip Greenspun, Andrew Grumet, Software Engineering for Internet Applications, page 346:

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hiptops Number=Plur lexicographic

wikipedia: Danger Hiptop