hiplet

Noun (1)

hiplet (plural hiplets)

1. (Internet, ironically derogatory) A woman with hip dips.
   • It's not clear who actually started the trend, but there are loads of gross videos of men saying they don't like women with "hiplets". "You owe it to your kids to not reproduce with a hiplet," one video says.2026 June 25, Ellissa Bain, “Here's what 'hiplet' means on TikTok as men start disgusting new trend that's so toxic”, in The Tab, archived from the original on 26 Jun 2026
   • I'm so disappointed about women falling for the hiplet bait so easily[2026 June 29, @toffee_32, X (post), archived from the original on 30 Jun 2026
2. A type of pantyhose with a waistband above the hip.
   • By 1975, you might be interested to know, 75 percent of all stockings sold were in the pantyhose category. Twenty percent of the sales went for conventional stockings, and the remaining 5 percent for knee-highs or novelties, such as hiplet stockings.1976, Candy Jones, Candy Jones' Complete Book of Beauty and Fashion, New York, N.Y. […]: Harper & Row, Publishers, →ISBN, page 152
3. A band worn around the hips.
   • The latest thing in the paresis jewelry line is the "Kneelet," a band of precious metal worn just above the knee. The skirt, of course, is slit to suit. Next, perhaps—we blush to think of it—will be the "thighlet," or possibly the "hiplet."1913 September 3, “Cartoons and Comments”, in Puck, volume LXXIV, number 1905, New York, N.Y.: Keppler & Schwarzmann, unnumbered page, column 3
   • The women have a swaying, snake-like dance with waving arms and jingling of bracelets and "hiplets," if I may be allowed to coin the word.1916, Isabel Anderson, The Spell of the Hawaiian Islands and the Philippines: […], Boston, M.A.: The Page Company, page 342
4. A small hip (external angle formed by intersection of sloping roof planes).
   • A two-storey building, originally faced in flint with an attic under a slated roof with hiplet towards the street.2000, “Thetford”, in John Earl, Michael Sell, editors, The Theatres Trust Guide to British Theatres, 1750-1950: a Gazetteer, London: A & C Black, →ISBN, page 212, column 1
   • For some reason its popularity waned during the late 16th and early 17th centuries, after which it all but disappeared from use. Its place was taken by roofs incorporating hip and hiplet terminals, a combination which appears never to have become as popular as that of the hip and gable. Although...1990, David Martin, Barbara Martin, “Farm buildings in the Eastern Weald”, in John Warren, editor, Wealden Buildings, Horsham, West Sussex: Coach Publishing, page 135

Noun (2)

IPA/hɪpˈleɪ/

hiplet (uncountable)

1. A dance style combining ballet and hip hop.
   • Pointe work is an essential component of ballet; it is also important in hiplet, but here pointe work has a different, more grounded effect. Dancers master movements like the hiplet strut — walking on pointe with hips that sway from side to side — or bend their knees until their buttocks nearly...2016 September 2, Gia Kourlas, “Hiplet: An Implausible Hybrid Plants Itself on Pointe”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on...
   • Hosea bent to speak in my ear. "It's called the hiplet," he said. "It's twenty-first-century African American culture."2022, Agnes Gomillion, The Seed of Cain, London: Titan Books, →ISBN, page 179