hipped

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Etymology 1

hip (“anatomy sense”) +‎ -ed

Adjective

hipped (comparative more hipped, superlative most hipped)

Having hips or a feature resembling hips.
hipped roof
Having hips of a specific kind.
a wide-hipped woman

Derived terms

Translations

having or resembling hips

having hips of specific kind

Finnish: -lanteinen

Etymology 2

From hip (verb).

Verb

hipped

simple past and past participle of hip

Etymology 3

See hip (Etymology 3)

Verb

hipped

simple past and past participle of hip

Adjective

hipped (comparative more hipped, superlative most hipped)

(slang) Aware, informed.
- 1993, Christopher Hitchens, For the sake of argument: essays and minority reports, page 200:
  If I admitted, though, to being a little hipped on the subject of Trotsky, I could sometimes gain an indulgent if flickering attention
(slang, with on) Interested.

Etymology 4

Compare hippish.
Alternative spelling of hypped.

Adjective

hipped (comparative more hipped, superlative most hipped)

(archaic) Depressed.
Antonym: unhipped
- 1841, Charles Dickens, chapter XXVII, in Barnaby Rudge:
  'You will be hipped, Haredale, you will be miserable, melancholy, utterly wretched.'

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