hip
The part of your body at the top of your leg, near your waist.
The joint on each side of the body where the thigh bone meets the pelvis.
Knowing and liking what is new and popular.
Fashionable and aware of the latest styles, ideas, or trends.
Knowing important facts or information about something.
Having knowledge or awareness about a particular subject or situation, especially one that is not widely known.
- Base: hip
- Comparative: hipper
- Superlative: hippest
- Base: hip
- Plural: hips
- Irregular comparative: hipper Adjective
- Irregular superlative: hippest Adjective
hip to something
1Aware of something specific
Knowing about something, often something not everyone knows about.
- He's hip to the latest online trends.
- Are you hip to what's happening in town tonight?
joined at the hip
1Always together or inseparable
To spend almost all your time with someone, usually because you are very close friends or partners.
- Those two have been joined at the hip since college.
- My kids are joined at the hip during summer vacation.
shoot from the hip
1Act or speak without thinking
To say or do something quickly without thinking much first.
- He tends to shoot from the hip in meetings, which sometimes causes problems.
- Don't shoot from the hip—consider your words before you speak.