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[hip] / hɪp /


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It forces your ankle, knee and hip joints to quickly adjust their movements, keeping them engaged and flexible.

From Science Daily Aug. 16, 2026

Specifically to my spine, right hip and my ribs.

From BBC Aug. 11, 2026

In the film, Early plays Maddie Ralph, an aspiring test-kitchen chef at a hip food publication.

From Salon Aug. 8, 2026

John Winterman, co-owner of Francie, a Michelin-starred restaurant in the hip Brooklyn neighborhood of Williamsburg in New York, embraces as many of the apps as his diners do.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 7, 2026

When I try again I fall on my hip and elbow, but then I start to get the hang of it.

From "Blood on the River" by Elisa Carbone

But it was up against other, hipper shows like The Word, and a balding, middle-aged, middle-class man being risqué suddenly seemed less cutting-edge.

From BBC Aug. 4, 2025

“It was a little more diverse and hipper, so they were probably getting some pushback from older readers.”

From Slate Jun. 3, 2024

“There’s nothing hipper than being talented at something you love, in having passion, and that is classic, and that is timeless,” Lady Gaga said in 2015.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 21, 2023

With “The Exhibit,” the Hirshhorn is eyeing the tens of millions of households that have access to the Smithsonian Channel and its arguably hipper sister network.

From Washington Post Mar. 3, 2023

Sometimes it’s a little hard having a mom who’s hipper than you are.

From "The Fourteenth Goldfish" by Jennifer L. Holm

Even if I could try my hand at the hippest startups, I’ve decided that this summer I would try to understand how local economies perform, focusing on the small businesses that help sustain communities.

From The Wall Street Journal May 12, 2026

Instantly recognisable by their electric blue shop fronts, branches of LAP Coffee have become a common sight in Berlin's hippest neighbourhoods over the past two years.

From Barron's Nov. 16, 2025

A day after ZooTunes unveiled its 40th anniversary slate, Seattle’s hippest urban festival Day In Day Out has dropped its own indie-centric bill.

From Seattle Times Feb. 21, 2024

Don't laugh at me — remember, I was 16, Instagram wasn't out, and there were no micro-food bloggers schooling to me to hippest and fanciest spots.

From Salon Jul. 8, 2023

They’re the hippest cats I’ve ever seen, in nice pressed suits, looking sophisticated.

From "X: A Novel" by Ilyasah Shabazz

Luckily, other people in his life hipped him to cool bands.

From Salon Nov. 26, 2022

Weiss had been hipped by one of his A&R reps to an earlier 24kGoldn song, the equally catchy “Valentino,” and heard in it the work of a gifted songwriter and charismatic vocalist.

From Los Angeles Times Oct. 14, 2020

When she told him, he burst out laughing, and then hipped her to the store’s true content.

From The Guardian Apr. 22, 2020

I was hipped to the binary—and not just its use in making one into two, aka male and female.

From Time Oct. 11, 2016

Umar Khan was hard up; likewise he was hipped.

From The Ruby Sword A Romance of Baluchistan by Bertram Mitford

Like many in the space, Herstand credits the long-running New York production “Sleep No More” with hipping him to the scene.

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 12, 2026

Of course, they saw it as the birth of Woodstock Nation, a giant step toward the hipping of the world at large.

From Time Magazine Archive

With one hand hipping his saber and the other curling his mustaches, he smiled at her.

From The Lure of the Mask by Harrison Fisher

Fred tore out a sheet and did some mysterious figuring, afterwards crumpling the paper into a little wad and hipping it behind the bed.

From The Flying U's Last Stand by B. M. Bower

When the hipping season began with our customers at The Grove, trade became active with us at Wichita.

From Reed Anthony, Cowman by Andy Adams




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