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English
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From hip (“anatomy sense”) + -ed.
Adjective
hipped (comparative more hipped, superlative most hipped)
- Having hips or a feature resembling hips.
- hipped roof
- Having hips of a specific kind.
- a wide-hipped woman
Derived terms
Translations
having or resembling hips
having hips of specific kind
Etymology 2
From hip (verb).
Verb
hipped
- simple past and past participle of hip
Etymology 3
See hip (Etymology 3)
Verb
hipped
- simple past and past participle of hip
Adjective
hipped (comparative more hipped, superlative most hipped)
- (slang) Aware, informed.
1993, Christopher Hitchens, For the sake of argument: essays and minority reports, page 200:If I admitted, though, to being a little hipped on the subject of Trotsky, I could sometimes gain an indulgent if flickering attention
- (slang, with on) Interested.
Etymology 4
Compare hippish.
Alternative spelling of hypped.
Adjective
hipped (comparative more hipped, superlative most hipped)
- (archaic) Depressed.
- Antonym: unhipped
1894, Stanley J. Weyman, chapter II, in Under the Red Robe:'I had seen more of the quiet and peace of the country than had been my share since boyhood, and for that reason, or because I had no great taste for the task before me - the task now so imminent - I felt a little hipped.'