Antonyms for
hip
The outward-projecting parts of the pelvis and top of the femur and the overlying tissue.
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No Antonyms Found for Hip

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All Definitions for Hip

Below are all the dictionary definitions of hip:

1The outward-projecting parts of the pelvis and top of the femur and the overlying tissue.
2To use one's hips to bump into someone.
3To 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.
4The fruit of a rose.
5The inclined external angle formed by the intersection of two sloping roof planes.
6In a bridge truss, the place where an inclined end post meets the top chord.
7Aware, informed, up-to-date, trendy.
8To inform, to make knowledgeable.
9A drug addict, especially someone addicted to a narcotic like heroin.
10To throw (one's adversary) over one's hip ("cross-buttock").
11To make with a hip or hips, as a roof.
12A surname.
13A diminutive of the female given name Hippolyta.
14Acronym of historically informed performance.
15Initialism of hot isostatic pressing
16Acronym of Higher Intermediate Point.
17Acronym of Home Information Pack. [(British) A collection of documents relating to a property, which, under the law of England and Wales between June 2007 and 2010, had to be provided when the property was offered for sale. Abbreviation: HIP]

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About antonyms for hip

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