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Hip vs Buttock - What's the difference?

hip | buttock |

As nouns the difference between hip and buttock

is that hip is the outward-projecting parts of the pelvis and top of the femur and the overlying tissue while buttock is each of the two large fleshy halves of the posterior part of the body between the base of the back, the perineum and the top of the legs.

As a verb hip

is to use one's hips to bump into someone.

As an adjective hip

is aware, informed, up-to-date, trendy.

hip

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) (m), (m), from (etyl) (m), from (etyl) . More at (l).

Noun

(en noun)
  • (anatomy) The outward-projecting parts of the pelvis and top of the femur and the overlying tissue.
  • The inclined external angle formed by the intersection of two sloping roof planes.
  • In a bridge truss, the place where an inclined end post meets the top chord.
  • (Waddell)
    Derived terms
    * hipbone * hip joint * hip replacement * hip roof * shoot from the hip

    Verb

    (hipp)
  • (chiefly, sports) To use one's hips to bump into someone.
  • To throw (one's adversary) over one's hip in wrestling (technically called cross buttock ).
  • 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.
  • To make with a hip or hips, as a roof.
  • Etymology 2

    From (etyl) (m), (m), (m), from (etyl) ).

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The fruit of a rose.
  • Derived terms
    * rosehip

    Etymology 3

    Probably a variant of . Maybe from (etyl) {{reference-book , first=Clarence , last=Major , year=1994 , title=Juba to jive: a dictionary of African-American slang , page = 234 , pageurl = http://books.google.fr/books?hl=fr&id=4LNZAAAAMAAJ&q=wolof
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    Adjective

    (hipper)
  • (slang) aware, informed, up-to-date, trendy
  • * '>citation
  • Rudolph promoted Stevens Pass with restless zeal. In seven years there, he helped turn a relatively small, roadside ski area into a hip destination.
    Synonyms
    * cool, groovy

    Verb

    (hipp)
  • (slang) To inform, to make knowledgeable.
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  • * 2009 , Sean Rogers, Pynchon and comics
  • The guy hips himself to so many things.

    See also

    * hip-hop * * hip hip hooray *

    Anagrams

    * (l)

    References

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    buttock

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (usually, in the plural) Each of the two large fleshy halves of the posterior part of the body between the base of the back, the perineum and the top of the legs.
  • The convexity of a ship behind, under the stern.
  • (the Maritime Dictionary)

    Usage notes

    The plural form is usually used in the singular sense for a single person's posterior, often called butt . It is rarer to refer to only a single buttock, which is then usually specified as left or right.

    Synonyms

    * asscheek (crude) * butt-cheek * arsecheek (crude) * bum-cheek * cheek * ham * mound * (plurale tantum) hurdies (p) * See also

    See also

    * callipygian/callipygous * dasypygal