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hipshot

/ˈhɪpʃɒt/

hipshot adjective: having a dislocated hip.

Adjective

hipshot (comparative more hipshot, superlative most hipshot)

  1. Having a dislocated hip.
  2. (dated) Clumsy, awkward.
  3. (US, colloquial) Standing with one hip lower than the other.
    • No degree of the allegorical avoided an excuse to present an impudently hipshot youth, or a captive maiden in some appealing form of restraint2006, Thomas Pynchon, Against the Day, Vintage, published 2007, page 686

Adverb

hipshot (comparative more hipshot, superlative most hipshot)

  1. With one hip lower than the other.
    • Slocum [...] watched the horses and mules. Most stood hipshot, sleeping on their feet, nothing bothered them.2005, Jake Logan, Slocum and the Sierra Madras Gold
    • The two stubby horses, dusty and sweaty from the road, were standing hip-shot and bored, and Bernan sat on the driver's box with reins slack and his elbows on his knees.2005, Lois McMaster Bujold, The Hallowed Hunt

Forms of hipshot

Adjective
comparativemore hipshot
superlativemost hipshot
Adverb
comparativemore hipshot
superlativemost hipshot

Origin of hipshot

From hip + shot.

Questions about hipshot

What does hipshot mean?
Hipshot means having a dislocated hip.
What part of speech is hipshot?
Hipshot can be an adjective or an adverb.
How do you pronounce hipshot?
Hipshot is pronounced /ˈhɪpʃɒt/.

Words near hipshot in the dictionary

  1. hippyish
  2. hippylike
  3. hips
  4. Hipsher
  5. Hipshers
  6. hipshot
  7. hipster
  8. hipster effect
  9. hipster glasses
  10. hipsterati
  11. hipsterdom

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