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# hip

«hip» in Mova's school dictionary: **The part of your body on each side where your leg joins…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (a hip, hips); adjective (hip, hipper, hippest — informal); exclamation (hip, hip, hooray)

### meaning for a pupil

1) The part of your body on each side where your leg joins your waist. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hip/#m1)

2) The hip joint, the ball-and-socket joint where the thighbone meets the pelvis. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hip/#m2)

3) (informal adjective) Fashionable and cool. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hip/#m3)

4) A red berry of the wild rose (rose hip). [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hip/#m4)

5) (hip, hip, hooray) Words people shout to cheer someone. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hip/#m5)

### sense in the lessons

In science: the hip is a ball-and-socket joint, letting the leg move in many directions. In PE and dance: «hands on hips», «move your hips». In everyday life old people sometimes need a «new hip» (hip replacement). Phrases: «hands on hips», «hip-hop», «hip, hip, hooray».

### examples

- Put your hands on your hips. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hip/#x1)
- Grandma had an operation on her hip. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hip/#x2)
- The hip is a ball-and-socket joint. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hip/#x3)
- She carried the baby on her hip. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hip/#x4)
- Three cheers for the winner: hip, hip, hooray! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hip/#x5)
- We made syrup from rose hips. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hip/#x6)
- My cousin thinks he's really hip with his new trainers. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hip/#x7)
- I left the skin of my hips behind me, but I came out. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hip/#x8)

### note

Countable body part: one hip, two hips. Adjective «hip» = cool (informal, slightly old-fashioned): hipper, hippest. Hip-hop is a type of music.

### In the corpora

- [Titanium is also used for hip replacements because the body accepts it well.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/chemistry/31-metals-what-theyre-good-for/19/)
- [Older people who fall on stairs can break a hip, which can take months to heal.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/1-stairs/18/)
- [Falls are a major cause of serious injury in older people, and a broken hip can take months to heal.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/227-older-people-and-disabilities/25/)
- [The lap belt goes low across the hips and the shoulder belt across the chest and shoulder, not the neck.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/331-walking-seat-belts-buses-airports-bikes-and-tipping/8/)
- [A seat belt spreads the force over strong bones, the shoulder and hips, not the soft tummy or neck.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/physics/37-seat-belts-crashes-and-keeping-safe/6/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «hip» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hip/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.