Hip vs. Waist

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 .

Waistnoun

The part of the body between the pelvis and the stomach.

Waistnoun

A part of a piece of clothing that covers the waist.

Waistnoun

The narrow connection between the thorax and abdomen in certain insects (e.g., bees, ants and wasps).

Waistnoun

The middle portion of the hull of a ship or the fuselage of an aircraft.

Waistnoun

(nautical) That part of the upper deck of a ship between the quarterdeck and the forecastle.

Waistnoun

(obsolete) The middle part of anything.

Waistnoun

That part of the human body which is immediately below the ribs or thorax; the small part of the body between the thorax and hips.

Waistnoun

Hence, the middle part of other bodies; especially (Naut.), that part of a vessel's deck, bulwarks, etc., which is between the quarter-deck and the forecastle; the middle part of the ship.

Waistnoun

A garment, or part of a garment, which covers the body from the neck or shoulders to the waist line.

Waistnoun

A girdle or belt for the waist.

Waistnoun

the narrowing of the body between the ribs and hips

Waistnoun

the narrow part of the shoe connecting the heel and the wide part of the sole

Waistnoun

the part of the human body below the ribs and above the hips, often narrower than the areas above and below

Waistnoun

the circumference of a person's waist

Waistnoun

the part of a garment around or covering the waist

Waistnoun

the point at which a garment is shaped so as to narrow between the ribcage and the hips

Waistnoun

a narrow part in the middle of something, such as a violin or hourglass.

Waistnoun

the middle part of a ship, between the forecastle and the quarterdeck.

Waistnoun

a blouse or bodice.

Waist

The waist is the part of the abdomen between the rib cage and hips. On people with slim bodies, the waist is the narrowest part of the torso.