hipped
- 1Having hips, or a part shaped like hips.
Like a roof or jar that curves out at the sides, the way a body does at the hips.
The old house had a hipped roof that sloped on every side.
The vase was gently hipped, curving out near the bottom.
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- 2Past tense of hip. Use it when telling about something that already happened.
A friend hipped me to the new restaurant downtown.
She hipped her brother to the change in plans.
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- 3Having hips that are a certain shape or size.
The runner was narrow through the waist and lightly hipped.
Breeders prized the well-hipped cattle for their strong build.
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- 4Knowing what is going on and aware of new things.
Like always knowing the news before your friends do.
She was hipped to all the new music before her friends.
Once he got hipped to the trick, he never fell for it again.
Similarwise, aware, savvy, informed
Oppositeunaware, oblivious, ignorant, clueless
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- 5Interested in something and wanting to know more about it.
Like finding a new hobby you can't stop thinking about.
She is really hipped on learning to paint right now.
My uncle got hipped on fishing and talks about nothing else.
Similarkeen, hooked, obsessed, crazy, mad
Oppositeindifferent, uninterested
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Less common meaning
- 6Feeling sad and low in spirits for a long time.
Like feeling gloomy on a rainy day when nothing seems fun.
He had been hipped all winter and rarely left his room.
'You will be hipped, Haredale, you will be miserable, melancholy, utterly wretched.'
1841, Charles Dickens, Barnaby RudgeHere, hipped means sad, low in spirits, or depressed.Note
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hipped is a form of hip
hip, verb: To tell someone about something so they know about it. Full entry
- Spelling
- hip → hipped: double the p, add -ed
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /t/.
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Origins
From the word "hip" (the body part) plus "-ed".
From the verb "hip".