4 definitions found 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.] [1913 Webster] When we are hipped or in high spirits. --R. L. Stevenson. [1913 Webster] 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] [WordNet 1.5] 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. [WordNet 1.5] 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. [1913 Webster] 2. To throw (one's adversary) over one's hip in wrestling (technically called cross buttock). [1913 Webster] 3. To make with a hip or hips, as a roof. [1913 Webster] {Hipped roof}. See {Hip roof}, under {Hip}. [1913 Webster] 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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