hip
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- noun
- /hɪp/
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- After his fall, the doctor confirmed that he had broken his hip.
- hip joint
- hip fracture
- hip replacement
Michelle had had four kids, busted hip, no wrestling match.
- Michelle had had four kids, busted hip, no wrestling match.
- And if I don't have a gun on my hip, I'm dead.
- So you're saying small waist to hip ratio, right?
- If you rock back and your hip medially rotates.
- It lowers your BMI, lowers your your hip to weight ratio, waste ratio.
Examples
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His gun was still on his hip.
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Doctors can replace knees, hips, even spinal discs.
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The movement is just from the hip, right, not from your low back.
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Well, now you know why she keeps having to get her hip replaced.
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Yeah, I mean, that's as far as my hip can go out.
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So after I broke that hip, got on some painkillers.
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We will look at the strength of your ankle, knee, hip, elbow and hands.
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So the most common fractures are of the hip and the vertebrae.
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- We will need to take X-rays, but it looks like she fractured her hip bone.
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All but the two-year-old, who rode on her father's hip, began scanning the undergrowth.
Academic text (1993)
Synonyms
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7.4
The hip, buttock, and upper thigh area of the body
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3.5
The place where the top of the thigh bone fits into the hip bone to let the leg move
A ball-and-socket joint between the thigh bone and the hip bone that lets the leg move
The ball-and-socket joint where the thigh bone meets the hip bone
Idioms
- Informal
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6.4
People or groups that are very close and stay together most of the time
- Informal
A helpful idea or tool kept secret to use when needed
Compounds
- Specialized
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3.5
The place where the top of the thigh bone fits into the hip bone to let the leg move
- Specialized
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4.4
A hollow in the pelvis where the top of the thigh bone fits to connect the leg to the body
Surface Forms
Etymology
Hip for the body comes from an old word meaning 'side', so it names the place that joins the leg to the torso.