(hip) noun
1. The lateral part of the body between the brim of the pelvis and the free part of the thigh. ♦ Collateral adjective: coxal.
2. The hip joint.
3. The coxa in insects.
4. Archit. The external angle in which adjacent roof slopes meet each other.
—on (or upon) the hip In a position prejudicial to success: in allusion to a wrestler's trick.
—v.t. hipped, hip·ping
1. To fracture or sprain the hip of (an animal).
2. Archit. To build with a hip or hips, as a roof. [OE hype]

(hip) noun
The fruit of a rose, especially of the dogrose. [OE hēope]

(hip) interj.
An exclamation used to introduce a hurrah, or to give the signal for it. [Origin unknown]

(hip) adjective U.S. Slang
Aware; informed: often followed by to. [? Alter, of HEP]