hip
part of speech
noun (a hip, hips); adjective (hip, hipper, hippest — informal); exclamation (hip, hip, hooray)
meaning for a pupil
1) The part of your body on each side where your leg joins your waist. tree →
2) The hip joint, the ball-and-socket joint where the thighbone meets the pelvis. tree →
3) (informal adjective) Fashionable and cool. tree →
4) A red berry of the wild rose (rose hip). tree →
5) (hip, hip, hooray) Words people shout to cheer someone. tree →
sense in the lessons
In science: the hip is a ball-and-socket joint, letting the leg move in many directions. In PE and dance: «hands on hips», «move your hips». In everyday life old people sometimes need a «new hip» (hip replacement). Phrases: «hands on hips», «hip-hop», «hip, hip, hooray».
examples
- Put your hands on your hips. tree →
- Grandma had an operation on her hip. tree →
- The hip is a ball-and-socket joint. tree →
- She carried the baby on her hip. tree →
- Three cheers for the winner: hip, hip, hooray! tree →
- We made syrup from rose hips. tree →
- My cousin thinks he's really hip with his new trainers. tree →
- I left the skin of my hips behind me, but I came out. tree →
note
Countable body part: one hip, two hips. Adjective «hip» = cool (informal, slightly old-fashioned): hipper, hippest. Hip-hop is a type of music.
In the corpora
- Titanium is also used for hip replacements because the body accepts it well.
- Older people who fall on stairs can break a hip, which can take months to heal.
- Falls are a major cause of serious injury in older people, and a broken hip can take months to heal.
- The lap belt goes low across the hips and the shoulder belt across the chest and shoulder, not the neck.
- A seat belt spreads the force over strong bones, the shoulder and hips, not the soft tummy or neck.
Trees and pragmatics
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