hip: meaning and words from its letters
3 letters · 8 letter points · starts with H · ends with P
Meaning of hip
noun
The outward-projecting parts of the pelvis and top of the femur and the overlying tissue.
The inclined external angle formed by the intersection of two sloping roof planes.
In a bridge truss, the place where an inclined end post meets the top chord.
- dated, possibly, slang
A drug addict, especially someone addicted to a narcotic like heroin.
Listed forms: hips.
Source: Wiktionary — hip.
verb
To use one's hips to bump into someone.
To throw (one's adversary) over one's hip ("cross-buttock").
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.
To make with a hip or hips, as a roof.
Listed forms: hips, hipping, hipped.
Source: Wiktionary — hip.
noun
The fruit of a rose.
Listed forms: hips.
Source: Wiktionary — hip.
Adapted from Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki.org. Selected senses and forms; quotations omitted. Definition text is CC BY-SA 4.0.
Synonyms by meaning
Words are grouped by sense, so they are not necessarily interchangeable in every context. Search synonyms for hip.
adjective
informed about the latest trends
- hep
- hip to
noun
the structure of the vertebrate skeleton supporting the lower limbs in humans and the hind limbs or corresponding parts in other vertebrates
- pelvis
- pelvic girdle
- pelvic arch
noun
the ball-and-socket joint between the head of the femur and the acetabulum
- hip joint
- coxa
- articulatio coxae
noun
the fruit of a rose plant
- rose hip
- rosehip
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is hip in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
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| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of hip
H(4) + I(1) + P(3) = 8 points.
This is a sum of letter values without board bonuses or word multipliers. A blank tile is worth zero: subtract the value of each letter supplied by a blank. The score does not establish game validity. Full letter-value table.
Anagrams of hip
1 other standard-list word uses exactly these letters, including repeated letters.
Shorter words from hip
2 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in hip. Showing up to 24, longest first.