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hipped

hipped

1 7.2
A person or figure who has wide hips
  • adjective
  • /hɪpt/
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  • Sarah was taller than most men, ample-hipped and heavy-set, with thick, curly hair and wide green eyes in a square, practical face.

Examples

  • She was a strong woman, broad-hipped, muscular, and Norah let herself be guided up the steps into the kitchen.

  • Her build was wide-hipped and sturdy, maybe even chunky; her hands large and capable-looking, her nails short and unpainted.

  • The rider was of average height for his time, lean-hipped and rawhide tough, with tremendous power in his upper body.

    Fiction book (2002)

  • large-hipped

    Fiction book (1997)

  • Her build was wide-hipped and sturdy, maybe even chunky; her hands large and capable-looking, her nails short and unpainted.

    Fiction book (1998)

Antonyms

hipless
7.0

Having very small or no hips so the body looks straight

Compounds

hipped roof
  • Specialized
6.8

A roof that slopes down on all four sides toward the walls

hipped tile
  • Specialized
7.8

A tile that covers the roof corner where two sloping sides meet

How Hipped

hipped
1 7.2
hipless
7.0

Surface Forms

hipped positive

Morphology

hipped = hip (transparent) = hip + ed

Clear adjectival formation 'hip' + '-ed' meaning 'having hips', readily understood by learners who know the noun 'hip'.

Etymology

Hipped meaning 'having hips' comes from the noun hip, the body part 'hip'. So someone described as hipped has a rounded or clearly seen hip shape.