Hip vs Longline - 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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To fish with a line of this kind.
(female clothing) Longer than usual; especially reaching to the hips.
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* 2007 , Solange Ayre, One Thousand Brides (page 5)
As a noun longline is
(fishing) a very long fishing line carrying a series of baited hooks.As a verb longline is
to fish with a line of this kind.As an adjective longline is
(female clothing) longer than usual; especially reaching to the hips.hip
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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
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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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Verb
(longlin)Adjective
(-)- Strapless longline bra, with wired underbust and flexible boning, smooths womanly curves.
- In the dressing room, the smiling attendant helped her into the longline corset with its built-in bra.