Hip vs. Nip

Hipnoun

(anatomy) The outward-projecting parts of the pelvis and top of the femur and the overlying tissue.

Hipnoun

The inclined external angle formed by the intersection of two sloping roof planes.

Hipnoun

In a bridge truss, the place where an inclined end post meets the top chord.

Hipnoun

A drug addict, especially someone addicted to a narcotic like heroin.

Hipnoun

The fruit of a rose.

Hipverb

To use one's hips to bump into someone.

Hipverb

To throw (one's adversary) over one's hip in wrestling (technically called cross buttock).

Hipverb

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.

Hipverb

To make with a hip or hips, as a roof.

Hipverb

To inform, to make knowledgeable.

Hipadjective

(slang) Aware, informed, up-to-date, trendy.

Hipnoun

The projecting region of the lateral parts of one side of the pelvis and the hip joint; the haunch; the huckle.

Hipnoun

The external angle formed by the meeting of two sloping sides or skirts of a roof, which have their wall plates running in different directions.

Hipnoun

In a bridge truss, the place where an inclined end post meets the top chord.

Hipnoun

The fruit of a rosebush, especially of the English dog-rose (Rosa canina); called also rose hip.

Hipnoun

See Hyp, n.

Hipverb

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.

Hipverb

To throw (one's adversary) over one's hip in wrestling (technically called cross buttock).

Hipverb

To make with a hip or hips, as a roof.

Hipinterjection

Used to excite attention or as a signal; as, hip, hip, hurra!

Hipadjective

Aware of the latest ideas, trends, fashions, and developments in popular music and entertainment culture; not square; - same as hep.

Hipadjective

Aware of the latest fashions and behaving as expected socially, especially in clothing style and musical taste; exhibiting an air of casual sophistication; cool; with it; - used mostly among young people in the teens to twenties.

Hipnoun

either side of the body below the waist and above the thigh

Hipnoun

the structure of the vertebrate skeleton supporting the lower limbs in humans and the hind limbs or corresponding parts in other vertebrates

Hipnoun

the ball-and-socket joint between the head of the femur and the acetabulum

Hipnoun

the fruit of a rose plant

Hipadjective

informed about the latest trends

Hipnoun

(formerly in the UK) a set of information about a house or flat that a seller must provide to a potential buyer.

Hipadjective

very fashionable

Hipadjective

aware of or informed about

Hipinterjection

used to introduce a communal cheer

Hip

In vertebrate anatomy, hip (or in medical terminology) refers to either an anatomical region or a joint. The hip region is located lateral and anterior to the gluteal region, inferior to the iliac crest, and overlying the greater trochanter of the femur, or .

Nipnoun

A small quantity of something edible or a potable liquor.

Nipnoun

A nipple, usually of a woman.

Nipnoun

A playful bite.

Nipnoun

A pinch with the nails or teeth.

Nipnoun

Briskly cold weather.

Nipnoun

A seizing or closing in upon; a pinching

Nipnoun

A small cut, or a cutting off the end.

Nipnoun

(mining) A more or less gradual thinning out of a stratum.

Nipnoun

A blast; a killing of the ends of plants by frost.

Nipnoun

A biting sarcasm; a taunt.

Nipnoun

(nautical) A short turn in a rope.

Nipnoun

(papermaking) The place of intersection where one roll touches another

Nipnoun

A pickpocket.

Nipverb

To catch and enclose or compress tightly between two surfaces, or points which are brought together or closed; to pinch; to close in upon.

Nipverb

To remove by pinching, biting, or cutting with two meeting edges of anything; to clip.

Nipverb

To benumb [e.g., cheeks, fingers, nose] by severe cold.

Nipverb

To blast, as by frost; to check the growth or vigor of; to destroy.

Nipverb

To annoy, as by nipping.

Nipverb

To taunt.

Nipverb

To squeeze or pinch.

Nipverb

To steal; especially to cut a purse.

Nipverb

To affect [one] painfully; to cause physical pain.'

Nipverb

(informal) To make a quick, short journey or errand, usually a round trip.

Nipnoun

A sip or small draught; esp., a draught of intoxicating liquor; a dram.

Nipnoun

A seizing or closing in upon; a pinching; as, in the northern seas, the nip of masses of ice.

Nipnoun

A pinch with the nails or teeth.

Nipnoun

A small cut, or a cutting off the end.

Nipnoun

A blast; a killing of the ends of plants by frost.

Nipnoun

A biting sarcasm; a taunt.

Nipnoun

A short turn in a rope.

Nipverb

To catch and inclose or compress tightly between two surfaces, or points which are brought together or closed; to pinch; to close in upon.

Nipverb

To remove by pinching, biting, or cutting with two meeting edges of anything; to clip.

Nipverb

Hence: To blast, as by frost; to check the growth or vigor of; to destroy.

Nipverb

To vex or pain, as by nipping; hence, to taunt.

Nipnoun

a small drink of liquor;

Nipnoun

a person of Japanese descent

Nipnoun

a tart spiciness

Nipnoun

a small drink

Nipnoun

small sharp biting

Nipverb

squeeze tightly between the fingers;

Nipverb

give a small sharp bite to;

Nipverb

sever or remove by pinching or snipping;

Nip

Nip is an ethnic slur against people of Japanese descent and origin. The word Nip is an abbreviation from Nippon (日本), the Japanese name for Japan.