hip

noun (a hip, hips); adjective (hip, hipper, hippest — informal); exclamation (hip, hip, hooray)

«hip» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

Everyday

The part of your body on each side where your leg joins your waist. tree →
The hip joint, the ball-and-socket joint where the thighbone meets the pelvis. tree →
(informal adjective) Fashionable and cool. tree →
A red berry of the wild rose (rose hip). tree →
(hip, hip, hooray) Words people shout to cheer someone. tree →

In the lessons

In science: the hip is a ball-and-socket joint, letting the leg move in many directions. In PE and dance: «hands on hips», «move your hips». In everyday life old people sometimes need a «new hip» (hip replacement). Phrases: «hands on hips», «hip-hop», «hip, hip, hooray».

Examples

Put your hands on your hips. tree →
Grandma had an operation on her hip. tree →
The hip is a ball-and-socket joint. tree →
She carried the baby on her hip. tree →
Three cheers for the winner: hip, hip, hooray! tree →
We made syrup from rose hips. tree →
My cousin thinks he's really hip with his new trainers. tree →
I left the skin of my hips behind me, but I came out. tree →

Note

Countable body part: one hip, two hips. Adjective «hip» = cool (informal, slightly old-fashioned): hipper, hippest. Hip-hop is a type of music.

In Jewish tradition

Interpretation: Cutting the garments to the hips was a great insult to David's messengers. In Samson's story, "hip and thigh" means a total, crushing defeat. In the primary lessons: In science: the hip is a ball-and-socket joint, letting the leg move in many directions. In PE and dance: «hands on hips», «move your hips». In everyday life old people sometimes need a «new hip» (hip replacement). Phrases: «hands on hips», «hip-hop», «hip, hip, hooray».

Examples

So Hanun took David's servants, and shaved them, and cut off their garments in the middle, even to their hips, and sent them away. (Writings 1CH.19.4, JPS 1917) tree →
And he smote them hip and thigh with a great slaughter; and he went down and dwelt in the cleft of the rock of Etam. (Prophets JDG.15.8, JPS 1917) tree →

Note

Countable body part: one hip, two hips. Adjective «hip» = cool (informal, slightly old-fashioned): hipper, hippest. Hip-hop is a type of music.

On Mova

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Trees and pragmatics of «hip» in the Judaism dictionary: every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
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