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Definition of Hipped
1. Adjective. Having hips; or having hips as specified (usually in combination). "Broad-hipped"
2. Adjective. (of a roof) sloping on all sides. "A hipped roof has sloping ends rather than gables"
Definition of Hipped
1. a. Somewhat hypochondriac; melancholy. See Hyppish.
Definition of Hipped
1. Adjective. Having hips or a feature resembling hips. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Hipped
1. hip [v] - See also: hip
Lexicographical Neighbors of Hipped
Literary usage of Hipped
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Supreme Court Reporter by Robert Desty, United States Supreme Court, West Publishing Company (1903)
"... be made from the quantity •hipped abroad, whenever it does not all reach the
United States, or we shall in truth assess here what does not exist here. ..."
2. Sheet-metal Work: A Manual of Practical Self-instruction in the Art of by William Neubecker, American Technical Society (1917)
"DEVELOPMENT OF PATTERNS FOR A hipped SKYLIGHT The following illustrations and
text will explain the principles involved in developing the pattern. ..."
3. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable: Giving the Derivation, Source, Or Origin of by Ebenezer Cobham Brewer (1898)
"To hip means to make melancholy ; to fret ; to make one dismal or gloomy with
forebodings. hipped means melancholy, in low spirits. ..."
4. The Knickerbocker: Or, New-York Monthly Magazine by Charles Fenno Hoffman, Timothy Flint, Lewis Gaylord Clark, Kinahan Cornwallis, John Holmes Agnew (1837)
"Who, wedded and blessed, or single and hipped, but would look upon thee as a
sumptuous and beauteous picture ? No one, be it confidently averred, ..."
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