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<HTML> <HEAD><TITLE>DICTIONARY: hinge - hippo</TITLE></HEAD> <BODY BGCOLOR="#ffffff"> <A HREF="a.dic">A</A> <A HREF="b.dic">B</A> <A HREF="c.dic">C</A> <A HREF="d.dic">D</A> <A HREF="e.dic">E</A> <A HREF="f.dic">F</A> <A HREF="g.dic">G</A> <A HREF="h.dic">H</A> <A HREF="i.dic">I</A> <A HREF="j.dic">J</A> <A HREF="k.dic">K</A> <A HREF="l.dic">L</A> <A HREF="m.dic">M</A> <A HREF="n.dic">N</A> <A HREF="o.dic">O</A> <A HREF="p.dic">P</A> <A HREF="q.dic">Q</A> <A HREF="r.dic">R</A> <A HREF="s.dic">S</A> <A HREF="t.dic">T</A> <A HREF="u.dic">U</A> <A HREF="v.dic">V</A> <A HREF="w.dic">W</A> <A HREF="x.dic">X</A> <A HREF="y.dic">Y</A> <A HREF="z.dic">Z</A> <A NAME="hinge"> hinge, noun, verb, hinged, hinging.<DL COMPACT><DD>noun 1. a joint on which a door, gate, cover, or lid moves back and forth. <DD> 2. a natural joint doing similar work. Ex. the hinge of the knee, the hinge of a clam. <DD> 3. (Figurative.) that on which something else turns or depends; central principle; critical point. Ex. We usually call reward and punishment the two hinges upon which all government turns (Jonathan Swift). <DD> 4. a small piece of gummed paper with a slot, by which stamps can be mounted in an album without gluing them to the pages. <DD> 5. (Obsolete.) <DD> a. the axis of the earth. <DD> b. one of the four cardinal points. Ex. Nor slept the winds Within their stony caves, but rush'd abroad From the four hinges of the world (Milton). <DD>v.t. to furnish with hinges; attach by hinges. Ex. The ailerons on an airplane are hinged to the wing. <DD>v.i. 1. to hang and turn on a hinge. <DD> 2. (Figurative.) to depend. Ex. The success of the picnic hinges on the kind of weather we will have. noun hinger. </DL> <A NAME="hinged"> hinged, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> having hinges. </DL> <A NAME="hingejoint"> hinge joint,<DL COMPACT><DD> (Anatomy.) a joint, such as the elbow, in which a convex part of one bone fits into a concave part of another, allowing motion in only one plane; ginglymus. </DL> <A NAME="hingeteeth"> hinge teeth,<DL COMPACT><DD> the small, sharp projections of the shell near the hinge in bivalves. </DL> <A NAME="hinglish"> Hinglish, noun, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> a blend of Hindi and English spoken in India. Ex. Hinglish ... uses English parts of speech for more complicated functions, as in this Hinglish sentence: "Dekho great democratic institutions kaise India main develop ho rahi hain," which in English is "See how the great democratic institutions are developing here in India" (Ved Mehta). </DL> <A NAME="hinny"> hinny, noun, pl. -nies.<DL COMPACT><DD> a hybrid animal that is the offspring of a male horse and female ass. A hinny resembles a mule. </DL> <A NAME="hint"> hint, noun, verb.<DL COMPACT><DD>noun 1. a slight sign; indirect suggestion. Ex. A small black cloud gave a hint of a coming storm. (SYN) intimation, allusion, inkling, innuendo, insinuation. <DD> 2. a very slight amount. <DD> 3. (Obsolete.) an occasion; opportunity. <DD>v.t. to give a slight sign of; suggest indirectly. Ex. She hinted that she wanted to go to bed by saying, "Do you often stay up this late?" Just hint a fault (Alexander Pope). expr. hint at, to give a hint of; suggest. Ex. The spectator's imagination completes what the artist merely hints at (Hawthorne). noun hinter. </DL> <A NAME="hinterland"> hinterland, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. the land or district behind a coast. <DD> 2. a region far from towns and cities, that is rural and thinly settled; back country. <DD> 3. (Figurative.) the remote parts; background. </DL> <A NAME="hintingly"> hintingly, adverb.<DL COMPACT><DD> in a hinting manner; suggestively. Ex. He kept talking about gum hintingly, finally suggesting I get some. </DL> <A NAME="hip"> hip (1), noun, verb, hipped, hipping.<DL COMPACT><DD>noun 1a. the part that sticks out on each side of the body below a person's waist where the leg joins the body; haunch. <DD> b. the ball-and-socket joint formed by the upper thighbone and the pelvis; hip joint. <DD> 2. a similar part in animals where the hind leg joins the body, such as the coxa in arthropods. <DD> 3. (Architecture.) the projecting angle formed by the meeting of two sloping sides of a roof. See also hip roof. <DD>v.t. 1. (Architecture.) to form (a roof) with a hip or hips. <DD> 2. to dislocate or injure the hip of. <DD> 3. (U.S.) to carry on the hip. expr. hip and thigh, with overwhelming blows; unsparingly. Ex. He smote them hip and thigh with a great slaughter (Judges 15:8). expr. on (or upon) the hip, at a disadvantage (originally applied to wrestling). Ex. I'll have our Michael Cassio on the hip (Shakespeare). expr. shoot from the hip, (Slang.) to speak or act in an impulsive and reckless manner. Ex. Shooting from the hip is no substitute for careful analysis (Wall Street Journal). adj. hipless. adj. hiplike. </DL> <A NAME="hip"> hip (2), noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the seedcase containing the ripe seed of a rosebush. Ex. The oaks bear mast, the briers scarlet hips (Shakespeare). </DL> <A NAME="hip"> hip (3), interjection.<DL COMPACT><DD> an exclamation used in cheering or calling for a cheer. Ex. Hip, hip, hurrah! </DL> <A NAME="hip"> hip (4), adjective, noun, verb, hipped, hipping.<DL COMPACT><DD> (U.S. Slang.) <DD>adj. 1. informed; up-to-date; hep. <DD> 2. of or having to do with hipsters or their style, language, or other characteristics. <DD>noun 1. =hipster. <DD> 2. the condition of being smart and stylish. Ex. Grooviness [at the discotheque] merges with aplomb, and hip attains a state akin to quiet well-being (New Yorker). <DD>v.t. to keep informed; alert; wise up. Ex. to be hipped on a plan. adv. hiply. noun hipness. </DL> <A NAME="hip"> hip (5), noun, verb, hipped, hipping.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Informal.) <DD>noun low spirits; the blues. <DD>v.t. to make sad or depressed. </DL> <A NAME="hip"> HIP (no periods),<DL COMPACT><DD> Health Insurance Plan (of Greater New York). </DL> <A NAME="hipbath"> hip bath, =sitz bath.</DL> <A NAME="hipbone"> hipbone, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. either of the two, wide irregular bones which, with the lower backbone, form the pelvis in man and other mammals, each consisting of three consolidated bones (the ilium, ischium, and pubis); innominate bone. <DD> 2. the upper part of the femur. </DL> <A NAME="hipboot"> hip boot,<DL COMPACT><DD> a rubber boot extending to the hip, usually used by fishermen. </DL> <A NAME="hipdisease"> hip disease,<DL COMPACT><DD> any disease, such as a form of tuberculosis, that affects the hip joint. </DL> <A NAME="hipflask"> hip flask,<DL COMPACT><DD> a flask for alcoholic liquor usually curved to carry in a hip pocket. </DL> <A NAME="hiphop"> hip-hop, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> (U.S. Slang) of, having to do with, or characteristic of music intended for dancing, with a rap or Latin beat. Ex. the hip-hop scene. </DL> <A NAME="hiphugger"> hip-hugger, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> clinging closely to the hips. Ex. hip-hugger pants. </DL> <A NAME="hiphuggers"> hip-huggers, noun pl.<DL COMPACT><DD> trousers that start about an inch and a half below the waistline and cling closely to the hips. </DL> <A NAME="hiphugging"> hip-hugging, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> clinging closely to the hips; hip-riding. </DL> <A NAME="hipjoint"> hip joint,<DL COMPACT><DD> the joint formed by the upper thighbone and the hipbone. </DL> <A NAME="hipknob"> hip knob,<DL COMPACT><DD> (Architecture.) a knob or other ornament placed on the top of the hip of a roof, or on the apex of a gable. </DL> <A NAME="hiplength"> hip-length, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> reaching down to the hips. Ex. a hip-length jacket. </DL> <A NAME="hipline"> hipline, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. the line around the body at the widest part of the hips. <DD> 2. the part of a woman's dress covering this line. </DL> <A NAME="hipped"> hipped (1), adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Architecture.) formed with hips. Ex. a hipped roof. </DL> <A NAME="hipped"> hipped (2), adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. (U.S. Slang.) having the mind full of a certain subject; obsessed. Ex. He's all hipped on building his own radio. <DD> 2. (Informal.) depressed; melancholy. <DD> 3. offended; vexed. </DL> <A NAME="hipped"> -hipped,<DL COMPACT><DD> (combining form.) having ______hips. Ex. small-hipped = having small hips. </DL> <A NAME="hippetyhop"> hippety-hop, adverb, adjective, verb, -hopped, -hopping.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Informal.) <DD>adv., adj. with a hopping or springing motion. Ex. to go hippety-hop down the street (adv.); a hippety-hop stride (adj.). <DD>v.i. to go hippety-hop. Ex. I noticed great activity at Aqueduct, so I hippety-hopped out there the other morning (New Yorker). </DL> <A NAME="hippetyhoppety"> hippety-hoppety, adverb, adjective. =hippety-hop.</DL> <A NAME="hippic"> hippic, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> of or having to do with horses or horse racing. </DL> <A NAME="hippie"> hippie, noun, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD>noun a person who breaks away from conventional society, believing in complete freedom of expression, shown typically by wearing unconventional clothes and letting the hair go ungroomed, and often living in communes engaging in free love and the free use of narcotic drugs. Ex. A few wear the garb of hippies--beards, beads, jeans, long gowns--but most are simply young men and women dressed for midsummer comfort (New York Times). <DD>adj. of, having to do with, or characteristic of hippies. Ex. Almost every newspaper account emphasized the hippie dress and hair (Atlantic). <DD> Also, hippy. </DL> <A NAME="hippiedom"> hippiedom, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the realm or world of hippies; hippies as a group. </DL> <A NAME="hippiness"> hippiness or hippieness, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the quality or condition of being a hippie. </DL> <A NAME="hippish"> hippish, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Informal.) somewhat depressed or sad. Ex. To divert my thoughts a little space, Because I'm rather hippish (Byron). </DL> <A NAME="hippo"> hippo, noun, pl. -pos.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Informal.) a hippopotamus. </DL> <A HREF="hippocam.dic">NEXT</A>