hipping
hipping is the present participle and gerund of hip.
Meaning of hip
Verb (1)
hip (third-person singular simple present hips, present participle hipping, simple past and past participle hipped)
- To use one's hips to bump into someone.
- To throw (one's adversary) over one's hip ("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.
Verb (2)
hip (third-person singular simple present hips, present participle hipping, simple past and past participle hipped)
- To inform, to make knowledgeable.
- No doubt, too, Sand must have hipped him quietly in a whisper somewhere what was happening with the lover1958, Jack Kerouac, The Subterraneans, page 90
Questions about hipping
- What is hipping the present participle and gerund of?
- Hipping is the present participle and gerund of hip.
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