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Word entry · 3 letters

hip

Best crossword clue

"Part below the waist"

3 letters · collected on this word page

3 lettersPronunciation /hɪp/Part of speech adjective, nounSorted hipStarts with HEnds with P3 cluesVery common crossword word
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Definitions

  1. informed about the latest trends

Word origin

From Middle English hepe, heppe, hipe, from Old English hēope, from Proto-Germanic *heupǭ (compare Dutch joop, German Hiefe, Faroese hjúpa), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱewb- (“briar, thorn”) (compare Old Prussian kaāubri (“thorn”), Lithuanian kaubrė̃ (“heap”)).

Used in a sentence

  • “in all bridges preference will be given to designs having struts for hip verticals”
  • “Ike explained to me that the Mexican government issued permits to hips allowing them a definite quantity of morphine per month at wholesale prices.”
  • “1. BROTHER. […] What doo you gather there? OLD MAN. Hips and Hawes, and stickes and strawes, and thinges that I gather on the ground my sonne.”

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Used as a crossword answer3 curated clues

01“Part below the waist”3 letters
02“Body joint below waist”3 letters
03“Trendy”3 letters

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