Hip vs. Thigh

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 .

Thighnoun

The upper leg of a human, between the hip and the knee.

Thighnoun

That part of the leg of vertebrates (or sometimes other animals) which corresponds to the human thigh in position or function; the tibia of a horse, the tarsus of a bird; the third leg-section of an insect.

Thighnoun

The proximal segment of the hind limb between the knee and the trunk. See Femur.

Thighnoun

The coxa, or femur, of an insect.

Thighnoun

the part of the leg between the hip and the knee

Thighnoun

the upper joint of the leg of a fowl

Thigh

In human anatomy, the thigh is the area between the hip (pelvis) and the knee. Anatomically, it is part of the lower limb.The single bone in the thigh is called the femur.