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hiptop

hiptop noun: a small portable personal computer somewhat like a smartphone.

Noun

hiptop (plural hiptops)

  1. A small portable personal computer somewhat like a smartphone.
    • Newer browsers will ignore them; mobile phones, palmtops, and hiptops often have very basic browsers that understand only the basic tags.2006, Eve Astrid Andersson, Philip Greenspun, Andrew Grumet, Software Engineering for Internet Applications, page 346
    • But the Web comes in two flavors on mobile devices. On newer “smart” phones, PDAs, and hiptops, you can get the regular, glorious Web—the one you're used to seeing on your desktop or laptop computer—via a small Web browser.2006, Sarah Milstein, J. D. Biersdorfer, Rael Dornfest, Google: The Missing Manual

Forms of hiptop

pluralhiptops

Origin of hiptop

Blend of hip + laptop. Perhaps introduced as a brand name; see Danger Hiptop.

Questions about hiptop

What does hiptop mean?
Hiptop means a small portable personal computer somewhat like a smartphone.
What part of speech is hiptop?
Hiptop is a noun.
What is the plural of hiptop?
The plural of hiptop is hiptops.

Words near hiptop in the dictionary

  1. hipsturbias
  2. Hipswell
  3. hipt
  4. hiptard
  5. hiptards
  6. hiptop
  7. hiptops
  8. Hipwood
  9. Hipwoods
  10. hipwort
  11. HIQA

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