Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Having the hip dislocated or shot out of place; hence, figuratively, lame; awkward.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Having the hip dislocated; hence, having one hip lower than the other.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Having a
dislocated hip . - adjective dated
Clumsy ,awkward . - adjective US, colloquial Standing with one
hip lower than the other.
Etymologies
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Examples
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His arms were crossed, and he stood hipshot, his brows raised, his chin outthrust.
Crimson Wind Diana Pharaoh Francis 2011
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He stood hipshot, his hands in his pockets, his head tilted slightly to the side.
Crimson Wind Diana Pharaoh Francis 2011
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I also never did the John Wayne hipshot kind of crap.
Archive 2008-12-01 2008
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She is leaning against the table, hipshot, dangling a sandal, watching his every move.
The Fiddler in the Subway Gene Weingarten 2010
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She is leaning against the table, hipshot, dangling a sandal, watching his every move.
The Fiddler in the Subway Gene Weingarten 2010
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She is leaning against the table, hipshot, dangling a sandal, watching his every move.
The Fiddler in the Subway Gene Weingarten 2010
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I also never did the John Wayne hipshot kind of crap.
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She is leaning against the table, hipshot, dangling a sandal, watching his every move.
The Fiddler in the Subway Gene Weingarten 2010
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Lida's travel "pictures" seem almost hipshot with one of the new digital cameras, then downloaded into his very personal computer and there manipulated and morphed to reflect his private perception of a Mexico most travelers won't ever see.
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You see, it was nothing like a hipshot sneaking up bombing by night.
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