/hɪp/
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Translation
The part of your body at each side between your waist and the top of your leg.
Word origin
From Old English hype, the name for the same body part for over a thousand years.
- Origin
- Old English
- Root
- hype
Examples
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A very common pose; you have two hips, one on each side.
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The hip bone is one of the bones older people break most often.
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As a slang adjective, hip also means fashionable and modern.
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