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   Hip

   /hip/

   

   noun

   • 1. a projection of the pelvis and upper thigh bone on each side of the body in human beings and quadrupeds.
   • ▪ the circumference of the body at the buttocks: "a sweater tied around the hips"
   • ▪ a person's hip joint: "she ran into a fence and dislocated her hip"
   • 2. the sharp edge of a roof from the ridge to the eaves where the two sides meet: "hip tiles"

   Word Origin Old Englishhype, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch heup and German Hüfte, also to hop1.

   Scrabble Points: 8

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