1. The structure of the vertebrate skeleton supporting the lower limbs in humans and the hind limbs or corresponding parts in other vertebrates
   "The hip provides attachment points for powerful leg muscles";
   - pelvis, pelvic girdle, pelvic arch
    
2. Either side of the body below the waist and above the thigh
   "She put her hands on her hips in a defiant pose"
    
3. The ball-and-socket joint between the head of the femur and the acetabulum
   "The hip joint bears the body's weight during standing and walking";
   - hip joint, coxa, articulatio coxae
    
4. (architecture) the exterior angle formed by the junction of a sloping side and a sloping end of a roof
   "The carpenter carefully measured the hip of the roof before cutting the timber"
    
5. The fruit of a rose plant
   "We collected rose hips to make a vitamin C-rich tea";
   - rose hip, rosehip

1. Being in accordance with current social fashions
   "hip clothing";
   - fashionable, stylish
    
2. Informed about the latest trends
   "The hip crowd always knew about the coolest new restaurants"; "She was always hip to the newest fashion styles";
   - hep [archaic], hip to, switched on [informal]

1. Used to excite attention or as a signal; as, hip, hip, hurrah!

Derived forms: hips, hippest, hipper

See also: a la mode, cool [informal], cutting-edge, dapper, dashing, faddish, faddy, groovy [Brit, informal], in [informal], in style, in vogue, informed, jaunty, mod [informal], modern, modernistic, modish, natty [informal], neoteric, nouveau, olde worlde, old-time, pert, quaint, raffish, rakish, snappy [informal], spiffy [N. Amer, informal], spruce, swagger [Brit, informal], swank [informal], swanky [informal], trendsetting, trend-setting, trendy [informal], up to date, up-to-date, voguish, with it, with-it [informal]

Type of: articulatio spheroidea, ball-and-socket joint, body part, cotyloid joint, enarthrodial joint, enarthrosis, exterior angle, external angle, fruit, girdle, spheroid joint

Part of: appendicular skeleton, body, hip roof, hipped roof, rose, rosebush, thigh, torso, trunk

Encyclopedia: Hip, Hug, Her