Define the word Hipped"Hipped" gcide "The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48"
Hipped \Hipped\, Hippish \Hip"pish\, a. [From 5th Hip.]
Somewhat hypochondriac; melancholy. See Hyppish. [Colloq.]
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When we are hipped or in high spirits. --R. L.
Stevenson.
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"hipped" gcide "The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48"
hipped \hipped\ adj.
1. having hips; or, having hips of a specified type; -- used
in combination; as, wide-hipped. [WordNet sense 1]
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2. (Architecture) peaked and having sloping ends rather than
gables; -- of roofs; as, a hipped roof has sloping ends
rather than gables. [WordNet sense 2]
Syn: hip-roofed.
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"Hipped" gcide "The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48"
Hip \Hip\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hipped; p. pr. & vb. n.
Hipping.]
1. 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.
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2. To throw (one's adversary) over one's hip in wrestling
(technically called cross buttock).
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3. To make with a hip or hips, as a roof.
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Hipped roof. See Hip roof, under Hip.
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"hipped" wn "WordNet (r) 2.0"
hipped
adj 1: having hips; or having hips as specified (usually in
combination); "broad-hipped" [ant: hipless]
2: (of a roof) sloping on all sides; "a hipped roof has sloping
ends rather than gables" [ant: gabled]
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