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Definition of Hipshot
1. a. Having the hip dislocated; hence, having one hip lower than the other.
Definition of Hipshot
1. Adjective. Having a dislocated hip. ¹
2. Adjective. (dated) Clumsy, awkward. ¹
3. Adjective. (US colloquial) Standing with one hip lower than the other. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Hipshot
1. lame; awkward [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Hipshot
Literary usage of Hipshot
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Non-secret Formulas by Thomas Michael Griffiths (1910)
"hipshot.—The animal is lame in the back, or "hipshot." The hind legs will not
bear its weight, and there are generally small bladders on the tongue. ..."
2. A French-English Military Technical Dictionary by Cornélis De Witt Willcox (1899)
"«'pointé, a., having lost the point, with the point broken off: (lii})j>.)
hipshot: sprained m hip or haunch. epizootic, f., ..."
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