Hip n. 1.The projecting region of the lateral parts of one side of the pelvis and the hip joint; the haunch; the huckle.
2.(Arch.) The external angle formed by the meeting of two sloping sides or skirts of a roof, which have their wall plates running in different directions.
3.(Engin) In a bridge truss, the place where an inclined end post meets the top chord.
Hip bone (Anat.), the innominate bone; called also haunch bone and huckle bone.
Hip girdle (Anat.), the pelvic girdle.
Hip joint (Anat.), the articulation between the thigh bone and hip bone.
Hip knob (Arch.), a finial, ball, or other ornament at the intersection of the hip rafters and the ridge.
Hip molding (Arch.), a molding on the hip of a roof, covering the hip joint of the slating or other roofing.
Hip rafter (Arch.), the rafter extending from the wall plate to the ridge in the angle of a hip roof.
Hip roof, Hipped roof (Arch.), a roof having sloping ends and sloping sides. See Hip, n., 2., and Hip, v. t., 3. Hip tile, a tile made to cover the hip of a roof.
To catch upon the hip, or To have on the hip, to have or get the advantage of; a figure probably derived from wresting.
To smite hip and thigh, to overthrow completely; to defeat utterly.
