hip

adj

Etymology: Unknown or disputed. Probably a variant of hep; both forms are attested from the first decade of the 20th century. Some sources suggest derivation from Wolof hepi (“to see”) or hipi (“to open one’s eyes”). Others suggest connection to the noun, as opium smokers were said to lie on a hip. Neither of these suggestions is widely accepted, however.

1. Aware, informed, up-to-date, trendy.

   “I am also starting a folk-entourage school where you can go into gladitorial training to hang out in hip crowds with budding young folk stars.”

   “Everybody's saying that / Hell's the hippest way to go / Well, I don't think so / But I'm gonna take a look around it, though”

intj

1. An exclamation to invoke a united cheer: hip hip hooray.

name

1. A diminutive of the female given name Hippolyta.
2. A surname.

noun

1. Acronym of Home Information Pack.
2. Acronym of Higher Intermediate Point.
3. Acronym of historically informed performance.
4. Initialism of hot isostatic pressing

verb

Etymology: Unknown or disputed. Probably a variant of hep; both forms are attested from the first decade of the 20th century. Some sources suggest derivation from Wolof hepi (“to see”) or hipi (“to open one’s eyes”). Others suggest connection to the noun, as opium smokers were said to lie on a hip. Neither of these suggestions is widely accepted, however.

1. To inform, to make knowledgeable.

   “No doubt, too, Sand must have hipped him quietly in a whisper somewhere what was happening with the lover”

   “She's a volunteer, hipped on civil rights, another do-gooder, evidently with a private pile since she takes no pay”