hippie
Of or pertaining to hippiesOf or pertaining to hippies.
Recorded UK: Speaker: Vealhurl Recorder: Vealhurl, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Meaning
2 sensesOf or pertaining to hippies.
That dress looks very hippie.
(colloquial, humorous)Not conforming to generally accepted standards.
They used a bunch of hippie compression formats instead of the usual RAR and ZIP.
Examples
7 sentencesThey're a couple of hippies.
deDas sind ein paar Hippies. — Vortarulo
Tom's parents were hippies.
ruРодители Тома были хиппи. — marafon
deToms Eltern waren Hippies. — dasbeispielholz
Tom lives in a commune with hippies.
ruТом живёт в коммуне у хиппи. — alik_farber
deTom lebt in eine Hippie-Kommune. — al_ex_an_der
No one knows exactly how many people considered themselves hippies.
deNiemand weiß genau, wie viele Menschen sich als Hippies betrachteten. — al_ex_an_der
Those hippies think they would enjoy subsistence farming, but they have no idea how much work it is.
Origin
From 1953, a usually disparaging variant of hipster. See also etymology of hippie.From 1953, a usually disparaging variant of hipster. See also etymology of hippie.
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Forms
hippier, hippiestWord family
3 related wordsLessons for this word
2 lessons- A2Comparatives — Because it has a comparative form
- A2Superlatives — Because it has a superlative form
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.