Hip vs. Hips — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Hip and Hips
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Definitions
Hip
In vertebrate anatomy, hip (or "coxa" in medical terminology) refers to either an anatomical region or a joint. The hip region is located lateral and anterior to the gluteal region, inferior to the iliac crest, and overlying the greater trochanter of the femur, or "thigh bone".
Hips
The laterally projecting prominence of the pelvis or pelvic region from the waist to the thigh.
Hip
(formerly in the UK) a set of information about a house or flat that a seller must provide to a potential buyer.
Hips
A homologous posterior part in quadrupeds.
Hip
Very fashionable
It's hip to be environmentally conscious
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Hips
The hip joint.
Hip
Aware of or informed about
He's trying to show how hip he is to Americana
Hips
(Architecture) The external angle formed by the meeting of two adjacent sloping sides of a roof.
Hip
Used to introduce a communal cheer
Hip hip hooray!
Hips
A rose hip.
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Hip
The laterally projecting prominence of the pelvis or pelvic region from the waist to the thigh.
Hips
Plural of hip
Hip
A homologous posterior part in quadrupeds.
Hip
The hip joint.
Hip
(Architecture) The external angle formed by the meeting of two adjacent sloping sides of a roof.
Hip
A rose hip.
Hip
Keenly aware of or knowledgeable about the latest trends or developments.
Hip
Very fashionable or stylish.
Hip
Usually used to begin a cheer
Hip, hip, hooray!.
Hip
(anatomy) The outward-projecting parts of the pelvis and top of the femur and the overlying tissue.
Hip
The inclined external angle formed by the intersection of two sloping roof planes.
Hip
In a bridge truss, the place where an inclined end post meets the top chord.
Hip
A drug addict, especially someone addicted to a narcotic like heroin.
Hip
The fruit of a rose.
Hip
To use one's hips to bump into someone.
Hip
(wrestling) To throw (one's adversary) over one's hip ("cross-buttock").
Hip
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.
Hip
To make with a hip or hips, as a roof.
Hip
To inform, to make knowledgeable.
Hip
(slang) Aware, informed, up-to-date, trendy.
Hip
The projecting region of the lateral parts of one side of the pelvis and the hip joint; the haunch; the huckle.
Hip
The external angle formed by the meeting of two sloping sides or skirts of a roof, which have their wall plates running in different directions.
Hip
In a bridge truss, the place where an inclined end post meets the top chord.
Hip
The fruit of a rosebush, especially of the English dog-rose (Rosa canina); called also rose hip.
Hip
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.
Hip
To throw (one's adversary) over one's hip in wrestling (technically called cross buttock).
Hip
To make with a hip or hips, as a roof.
Hip
Used to excite attention or as a signal; as, hip, hip, hurra!
Hip
Aware of the latest ideas, trends, fashions, and developments in popular music and entertainment culture; not square; - same as hep.
Hip
Aware of the latest fashions and behaving as expected socially, especially in clothing style and musical taste; exhibiting an air of casual sophistication; cool; with it; - used mostly among young people in the teens to twenties.
Hip
Either side of the body below the waist and above the thigh
Hip
The structure of the vertebrate skeleton supporting the lower limbs in humans and the hind limbs or corresponding parts in other vertebrates
Hip
The ball-and-socket joint between the head of the femur and the acetabulum
Hip
The fruit of a rose plant
Hip
Informed about the latest trends
