hip

Etymology 1

From 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.

noun

1. (anatomy) The outward-projecting parts of the pelvis and top of the femur and the overlying tissue.
2. The inclined external angle formed by the intersection of two sloping roof planes.
3. In a bridge truss, the place where an inclined end post meets the top chord.
   in all bridges preference will be given to designs having struts for hip verticals 1887, John Alexander Low Waddell, General Specifications for Highway Bridges of Iron and Steel
4. (slang, possibly dated) A drug addict, especially someone addicted to a narcotic like heroin.

verb

1. (chiefly sports) To use one's hips to bump into someone.
2. (wrestling) To throw (one's adversary) over one's hip ("cross-buttock").
3. 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.
4. To make with a hip or hips, as a roof.

Etymology 2

From Middle English hepe, heppe, hipe, from Old English hēope, from Proto-Germanic *heupǭ (compare Dutch joop, German Hiefe, Faroese hjúpa), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱewb- (“briar, thorn”) (compare Old Prussian kaāubri (“thorn”), Lithuanian kaubrė̃ (“heap”)).

noun

1. The fruit of a rose.

Etymology 3

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.

adj

1. (slang) Aware, informed, up-to-date, trendy.
   I am also starting a folk-entourage school where you can go into gladitorial training to hang out in hip crowds with budding young folk stars. 1965 December, Phil Ochs, “That Was The Year That Weren't”, in Cavalier
   Everybody's saying that / Hell's the hippest way to go / Well, I don't think so / But I'm gonna take a look around it, though 1971, Joni Mitchell (lyrics and music), “Blue”, in Blue
   “Saturday Night” has an explicitly hip, cynical outlook, coupled with an impressive amount of freedom. 1975-10-27, Jeff Greenfield, “Ragged but Funny”, in New York, volume 8, number 43, page 65
   One of the saints in my life is this woman named Imogene Hill, who was a fourth-grade teacher who taught this advanced class. She got hip to my whole situation in about a month and kindled a passion in me for learning things. 1985 February, David Sheff, “Playboy Interview: Steve Jobs”, in Playboy, archived from the original on 2019-03-19
   Rudolph promoted Stevens Pass with restless zeal. In seven years there, he helped turn a relatively small, roadside ski area into a hip destination. 2012, John Branch, “Snow Fall : The Avalanche at Tunnel Creek”, in New York Time

verb

1. (transitive, slang) To inform, to make knowledgeable.
   No doubt, too, Sand must have hipped him quietly in a whisper somewhere what was happening with the lover 1958, Jack Kerouac, The Subterraneans, page 90
   She's a volunteer, hipped on civil rights, another do-gooder, evidently with a private pile since she takes no pay 1964, Rex Stout, A Right to Die, page 78
   She went ape over Chris. She'd go downtown and come home with shopping bags loaded with fine dresses and underclothes for herself and her sisters. Later she hipped Chris to boosting 1969, Iceberg Slim, Pimp, page 223
   The guy hips himself to so many things. 2009, Sean Rogers, Pynchon and comics

Etymology 4

intj

1. An exclamation to invoke a united cheer: hip hip hooray.