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Hips

noun
/hɪps/
Word Frequency: 4.4

Definitions

1.nounThe outward-projecting parts of the pelvis and top of the femur and the overlying tissue.
2.nounThe inclined external angle formed by the intersection of two sloping roof planes.
3.nounIn a bridge truss, the place where an inclined end post meets the top chord.
4.noun(possibly obsolete) A drug addict, especially someone addicted to a narcotic like heroin.
5.verbTo use one's hips to bump into someone.
6.verbTo throw (one's adversary) over one's hip ("cross-buttock").
7.verbTo 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.
8.verbTo make with a hip or hips, as a roof.
9.nounThe fruit of a rose.
10.verbTo inform, to make knowledgeable.

Synonyms

pelviship jointpelvic girdlepelvic archhepcoxainformedarticulatio coxaehip tolegsbuttockscoxae

Rhymes With

eclipsecome to gripsrelationshipstipsquipslipsannular eclipseslips
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