# hip

> English word · Noun · IPA /hɪp/ · frequency rank #3,237

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

## Etymology
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.

## Easily confused with
- **ho** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hip-vs-ho)
- **HR** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hip-vs-hr)
- **HP** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hip-vs-hp)
- **hm** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hip-vs-hm)
- **HQ** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hip-vs-hq)
- **Hu** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hip-vs-hu)
- **HK** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hip-vs-hk)
- **hv** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hip-vs-hv)
- **hn** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hip-vs-hn)
- **his** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hip-vs-his)
- **how** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hip-vs-how)
- **hit** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hip-vs-hit)
- **hot** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hip-vs-hot)
- **hop** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hip-vs-hop)
- **huh** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hip-vs-huh)
- **HIV** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hip-vs-hiv)
- **hmm** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hip-vs-hmm)
- **hug** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hip-vs-hug)
- **hub** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hip-vs-hub)
- **hon** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hip-vs-hon)

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/hip