hips

Meanings

Noun

• either side of the body below the waist and above the thigh
• the structure of the vertebrate skeleton supporting the lower limbs in humans and the hind limbs or corresponding parts in other vertebrates
• the ball-and-socket joint between the head of the femur and the acetabulum
• (architecture) the exterior angle formed by the junction of a sloping side and a sloping end of a roof
• the fruit of a rose plant
• plural of hip

Verb

• third-person singular simple present indicative of hip

Synonyms

articulatio coxae, coxa, hip, hip joint, pelvic arch, pelvic girdle, pelvis, rose hip, rosehip