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Hip vs Trochanter - What's the difference?

hip | trochanter |

In anatomy terms the difference between hip and trochanter

is that hip is the outward-projecting parts of the pelvis and top of the femur and the overlying tissue while trochanter is in vertebrates with legs, the end of the femur near the hip joint, not including the head or neck.

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
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  • 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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    trochanter

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (anatomy) In vertebrates with legs, the end of the femur near the hip joint, not including the head or neck.
  • In some arthropods, the second segment of the leg, between the coxa and the femur.