hipped

English

Etymology 1

hip (“anatomy sense”) +‎ -ed

Adjective

hipped (comparative more hipped, superlative most hipped)

  1. Having hips or a feature resembling hips.

Etymology 2

From hip (verb)

Verb

hipped

  1. simple past tense and past participle of hip

Etymology 3

See hip (Etymology 3)

Verb

hipped

  1. simple past tense and past participle of hip

Adjective

hipped (comparative more hipped, superlative most hipped)

  1. (slang) Aware, informed.
    • 1993, Christopher Hitchens, For the sake of argument: essays and minority reports, page 200:
      If I admitted, though, to being a little hipped on the subject of Trotsky, I could sometimes gain an indulgent if flickering attention
  2. (slang, with on) Interested.

Etymology 4

Compare hippish.

Adjective

hipped (comparative more hipped, superlative most hipped)

  1. Depressed.
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