hip
To use one's hips to bump into someoneTo use one's hips to bump into someone.
» My hip hurts.
Mir tut die Hüfte weh.
У меня бедро болит.
У мене болить стегно.
Meaning
5 sensesTo use one's hips to bump into someone.
To throw (one's adversary) over one's hip ("cross-buttock").
To dislocate or sprain the hip of, to fracture or injure the hip bone of (a quadruped) in such a manner as to produce a permanent depression of that side.
To make with a hip or hips, as a roof.
(slang, transitive)To inform, to make knowledgeable.
Examples
90 sentencesMy hip hurts.
У мене болить стегно.
ruУ меня бедро болит.
deMir tut die Hüfte weh.
Who's your favorite hip-hop artist?
Tom may need a hip replacement.
Tom never had hip problems before.
deTom hatte noch nie Probleme mit der Hüfte.
Tom fell and broke his hip.
Origin
From Middle English hipe, hupe, from Old English hype, from Proto-Germanic *hupiz (compareFrom Middle English hipe, hupe, from Old English hype, from Proto-Germanic *hupiz (compare Dutch heup, Low German Huop, German Hüfte), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱewb- (compare Welsh cysgu (“to sleep”), Latin cubāre (“to lie”), Ancient Greek κύβος (kúbos, “hollow in the hips”), Albanian sup (“shoulder”), Sanskrit शुप्ति (śúpti, “shoulder”)), from *ḱew- (“to bend”). More at high. The sense "drug addict" derives from addicts lying on their hips while using certain drugs such as opium.
Unknown or disputed. Probably a variant of hep; both forms are attested from the first decade of the 20th century. Some sources suggest derivation from Wolof hepi (“to see”) or hipi (“to open one’s eyes”). Others suggest connection to the noun, as opium smokers were said to lie on a hip. Neither of these suggestions is widely accepted, however.
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Forms
hips, hipping, hipped, hippedWord family
5 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle