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Definition of "hipped" []

  • Having hips, especially of a given kind. Often used in combination: slim-hipped; large-hipped. (adjective)
  • Slang Interested or preoccupied to a great degree: He is hipped on photography. (adjective)
  • Chiefly British Melancholy; depressed. (adjective)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "hipped" in a sentence
  • ""Lord love you!" said he at last, seeing me thus "hipped" -- "don't be downhearted -- don't be dashed afore you begin; we can't all be gen'uses -- it aren't to be expected, but some on us is a good deal better than most and that's something arter all."
  • "I'd never seen that use of "hipped" before; I knew it only as a synonym for "tired.""
  • "In practicing the neglect of the sensations, one should not allow his mind to dwell on the possibility that he is overlooking something serious, but rather on the danger of his becoming "hipped," a prey to his own doubts and fears, and unable to accomplish anything in life beyond catering to his own morbid fancies."