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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  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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