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{
"term": "hip",
"partOfSpeech": "noun",
"ox5000": true,
"cefr": "b2",
"image": "data/images/bo/body.png",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "the area at either side of the body between the top of the leg and the middle part of the body; the joint at the top of the leg that connects it with the top part of the body",
"labels": "(informal)(formal)(British English)(British English)(disapproving)(both informal, often disapproving)(informal, disapproving)",
"cefr": "b2",
"examples": [
{
"text": "She stood with her hands on her hips."
},
{
"text": "These jeans are too tight around the hips."
},
{
"text": "a hip replacement operation"
},
{
"text": "the hip bone"
},
{
"text": "She broke her hip in the fall."
},
{
"text": "He leaned casually against the door frame, hands on hips."
},
{
"text": "He put his hands on his hips and sighed."
},
{
"text": "Her hips were very narrow like a girl's."
},
{
"text": "Her hips were swaying in time to the music."
},
{
"text": "My grandmother's having a hip replacement."
},
{
"text": "She was carrying a baby on her hip."
},
{
"text": "She was wearing a short blue dress, belted across the hips."
},
{
"text": "The gun could be fired from the shoulder or from the hip."
},
{
"text": "Twist your hips in your opponent's direction as you punch."
},
{
"text": "He had his leg amputated at the hip."
}
],
"topics": ["Body"],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["lean", "narrow", "slender"],
"verb + hip": ["have your hands on", "put your hands on", "gyrate"],
"hip + verb": ["move", "sway", "swing"],
"hip + noun": ["fracture", "injury", "pain"],
"preposition": ["across the hips", "at the hip", "from the hip"],
"phrases": ["hands on (your) hips"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "having hips of the size or shape mentioned",
"examples": [
{
"text": "large-hipped"
},
{
"text": "slim-hipped"
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 3,
"definition": "the red fruit that grows on some types of wild rose bush",
"examples": []
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "to react quickly without thinking carefully first",
"examples": []
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/hɪp/",
"audio": "hi/hip/hip__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/hɪp/",
"audio": "hi/hip/hip__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "noun senses 1 to 2 Old English hype, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch heup and German Hüfte, also to hop (verb). noun sense 3 Old English hēope, hīope, of West Germanic origin; related to Dutch joop and German Hiefe."
}