hip boot
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3.9
- noun
- /hɪp buːt/
:
bota de cadera
- He wore his hip boots to keep dry while fishing in the river.
- wear hip boots
- rubber hip boots
- a pair of hip boots
Examples
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He came back that afternoon, wearing hip boots like a fisherman, pliers sticking out of his shirt pocket, his arms rigid and shelf-like under great rolls of blue wire mesh.
Fiction book (2000) -
He must be in his hip boots and fishing gear.
Fiction book (1994) -
Put on your hip boots and dig on both sides of the agendas.
Blog text (18) -
On the sewer story, I'm gonna advance you for the hip boots and wet suit.
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I donned a full wetsuit and hip boots.
Fiction book (1995) -
Entering the cabin, I saw an extra pair of hip boots on the deck and drew them on, thinking he might give me a chance to fish later.
Fiction book (1991) -
Dear ProPublica, as I said before, please put on your hip boots and dig on both sides of the agendas.
Blog text (18) -
The King was seen on the news, in muddy hip boots, helping to dike the fens against the wake.
Fiction book (1993) -
As an unpublished author, I see fear and confusion (both my own and that of others like myself) as I don hip boots to wade my way through "stuff" I thought would be handled by others if I wrote well enough.
Blog text (29) -
The travel agent suggested she pack rubber hip boots in case the train derailed or bandits forced all the passengers out into the humid air to give them their valuables.
Fiction book (2000)
Synonyms
6
4.7
Waterproof boots or clothing that cover the legs and sometimes the chest to keep you dry in water
Boots that keep your legs dry when you stand in water
How High
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a waterproof boot reaching up to the hip' is directly and transparently derived from combining 'hip' (body area) with 'boot' (footwear): it denotes a boot that reaches the hip. This noun–noun compounding pattern describing the height or extent of an item is regular in English (and common cross-linguistically), so a B1 learner who knows both constituents would readily infer the meaning.
Etymology
Hip boot is a very high waterproof boot that reaches up to the hip. Imagine stepping into deep water and the top of the boot is at your hip so the water stays out, so it means 'a high waterproof boot for fishing or wading'.