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Is hip a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word hip is a Scrabble US word. The word hip is worth 8 points in Scrabble:

H4I1P3

Is hip a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word hip is a Scrabble UK word and has 8 points:

H4I1P3

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Yes. The word hip is a Words With Friends word. The word hip is worth 8 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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3-letter words (2 found)

HIP,PHI,

2-letter words (2 found)

HI,PI,

You can make 4 words from hip according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 3 letters words made out of hip

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Definitions and meaning of hip

hip

Pronunciation

  • enPR: hĭp, IPA(key): /hɪp/
  • Rhymes: -ɪp

Etymology 1

From Middle English hipe, hupe, from Old English hype, from Proto-Germanic *hupiz (compare Dutch heup, Low German Huop, German Hüfte), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱewb- (compare Welsh cysgu (“to sleep”), Latin cubāre (“to lie”), Ancient Greek κύβος (kúbos, “hollow in the hips”), Albanian sup (“shoulder”), Sanskrit शुप्ति (śúpti, “shoulder”)), from *ḱew- (“to bend”). More at high. The sense "drug addict" derives from addicts lying on their hips while using certain drugs such as opium.

Noun

hip (plural hips)

  2. (anatomy) The outward-projecting parts of the pelvis and top of the femur and the overlying tissue.
  3. The inclined external angle formed by the intersection of two sloping roof planes.
  4. In a bridge truss, the place where an inclined end post meets the top chord.
  5. (slang, possibly dated) A drug addict, especially someone addicted to a narcotic like heroin.
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Verb

hip (third-person singular simple present hips, present participle hipping, simple past and past participle hipped)

  1. (chiefly sports) To use one's hips to bump into someone.
  2. (wrestling) To throw (one's adversary) over one's hip ("cross-buttock").
  3. 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.
  4. To make with a hip or hips, as a roof.

Etymology 2

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”)).

Noun

hip (plural hips)

  1. The fruit of a rose.
Derived terms
  • rosehip
Translations

Etymology 3

Unknown or disputed. Probably a variant of hep; both forms are attested from the first decade of the 20th century. Some sources suggest derivation from Wolof hepi (“to see”) or hipi (“to open one’s eyes”). Others suggest connection to the noun, as opium smokers were said to lie on a hip. Neither of these suggestions is widely accepted, however.

Adjective

hip (comparative hipper, superlative hippest)

  1. (slang) Aware, informed, up-to-date, trendy. [from early 20th c., popularized in 1960s]
Synonyms
  • cool, groovy
Descendants
  • → Norwegian Nynorsk: hipp
  • → Swedish: hipp
Translations

Verb

hip (third-person singular simple present hips, present participle hipping, simple past and past participle hipped)

  1. (transitive, slang) To inform, to make knowledgeable.

Related terms

  • hep
  • hipster
  • hippy
  • hippie

See also

  • hip-hop

Etymology 4

Interjection

hip

  1. An exclamation to invoke a united cheer: hip hip hooray.

References

Anagrams

  • PHI, PIH, phi

Albanian

Alternative forms

  • hyp

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *skūpa, from Proto-Indo-European *skewbʰ- (“to push”). Compare German schieben (“to push”), English shove, Lithuanian skùbti (“to hurry”).

Verb

hip (aorist hipa, participle hipur)

  1. to get on, ride, straddle
  2. to rise, go up, climb into

Related terms

  • humb

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: hip

Adjective

hip (comparative hiper, superlative hipst)

  1. genteel (stylish, elegant)
  2. fashionable (characteristic of or influenced by a current popular trend or style)

Synonyms

  • modieus

German

Etymology

Borrowed from English hip.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /hɪp/

Adjective

hip (strong nominative masculine singular hipper, comparative hipper, superlative am hippsten or am hipsten)

  1. (informal) hip, trendy
    Synonym: trendig

Declension

Related terms

  • Hipster

Further reading

  • “hip” in Duden online
  • “hip” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Slovene

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /xíːp/

Noun

hȋp m inan

  1. moment

Inflection


Source: wiktionary.org