Hip

hip, n. the haunch or fleshy part of the thigh: ( arch it. ) the external angle formed by the sides of a roof when the end slopes backward instead of terminating in a gable.— v.t. to sprain the hip:— pr.p. hip′ping; pa.p. hipped, hipt.— ns. Hip′-bath , a bath to sit in—also Sitz-bath ; Hip′-gir′dle , -belt , the 14th-century sword-belt, pa ing diagonally from waist to hip; Hip′-gout , sciatica; Hip′-joint , the articulation of the head of the thigh-bone with the ilium; Hip′-knob , an ornament placed on the apex of the hips of a roof or on a gable; Hip′-lock , a trick in wrestling by which one throws a leg and hip before the other to throw him; Hip′ping , a napkin wrapped about an infant's hips.— adj. Hip′-shot , having the hip out of joint.— Hip-and-thigh , in phrase, 'smitten hip-and-thigh'=smitten both before and behind, completely overpowered.— Have , Catch , on the hip , to get an advantage over some one—a metaphor from the wrestling-ring. [A.S. hype ; Goth. hups , Ger. hüfte .]