Hip Hɪp Hands Leg Noun Bre Stood Jeans

• she stood with her hands on her hips.
• these jeans are too tight around the hips.
• a hip replacement operation
• the hip bone

hip

1. the area at either side of the body between the top of the leg and the waist; the joint at the top of the leg
• She stood with her hands on her hips.
• These jeans are too tight around the hips.
• a hip replacement operation
• the hip bone
• She broke her hip in the fall.
2. having hips of the size or shape mentioned
• large-hipped
• slim-hipped
3. the red fruit that grows on some types of wild rose bush
4. to react quickly without thinking carefully first

Extra Examples

• Don’t carry money or documents in your hip pocket.
• He had his leg amputated at the hip.
• He leaned casually against the door frame, hands on hips.
• He put his hands on his hips and sighed.
• He took a swig of whisky from his hip flask.
• Her hips had spread since having a baby.
• Her hips were still narrow like a girl’s.
• Her hips were swaying seductively in time to the music.
• My grandmother’s having a hip replacement.
• She was carrying a baby on her hip.
• She was wearing a short blue dress, belted across the hips.
• She wiggled her hips seductively as she walked.
• The gun could be fired from the shoulder or from the hip.
• The skirt is slit to the hip on one side.
• Twist your hips in your opponent’s direction as you punch.

Word Origin

• noun senses 1 to 2 Old English hype, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch heup and German Hüfte, also to hop (verb). noun sense 3 Old English hēope, hīope, of West Germanic origin; related to Dutch joop and German Hiefe.