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hip

1. hip \'hip\ n [ME hipe, fr. OE he-ope; akin to OHG hiafo hip] : the 
   ripened false fruit of a rose that consists of a fleshy receptacle e 
   nclosing numerous achenes
2. hip n [ME, fr. OE hype; akin to OHG huf hip, L cubitus elbow, cu]bare to 
   lie, Gk kybos cube, die, OE he-ah high - more at HIGH 1a: the laterally 
   projecting region of each side of the lower or posterior  part of the 
   mammalian trunk formed by the lateral parts of the pelvis and upper part of 
   the femur together with the fleshy parts covering them 1b: HIP JOINT  2: 
   the external angle formed by the meeting of two sloping sides of a roof  
   that have their wall plates running in different directions
3. hip vt or hipped;  or hip.ping : to make (as a roof) with a hip 
4. hip  var of HEP