Hip vs Huckle - What's the difference?
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(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.
(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.
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(slang) aware, informed, up-to-date, trendy
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(slang) To inform, to make knowledgeable.
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(label) The hip, the haunch.
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A bunch or part projecting like the hip.
A homosexual man.
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As nouns the difference between hip and huckle
is that hip is the outward-projecting parts of the pelvis and top of the femur and the overlying tissue while huckle is the hip, the haunch.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)- (Waddell)
Derived terms
* hipbone * hip joint * hip replacement * hip roof * shoot from the hipVerb
(hipp)Etymology 2
From (etyl) (m), (m), (m), from (etyl) ).Derived terms
* rosehipEtymology 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=wolofAdjective
(hipper)- 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, groovyVerb
(hipp)- The guy hips himself to so many things.
See also
* hip-hop * * hip hip hooray *Anagrams
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huckle
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Noun
(en noun)- (Udall)