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

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

From hip + shot.

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Examples

  • His arms were crossed, and he stood hipshot, his brows raised, his chin outthrust.

    Crimson Wind Diana Pharaoh Francis 2011

  • He stood hipshot, his hands in his pockets, his head tilted slightly to the side.

    Crimson Wind Diana Pharaoh Francis 2011

  • I also never did the John Wayne hipshot kind of crap.

    Archive 2008-12-01 2008

  • She is leaning against the table, hipshot, dangling a sandal, watching his every move.

    The Fiddler in the Subway Gene Weingarten 2010

  • She is leaning against the table, hipshot, dangling a sandal, watching his every move.

    The Fiddler in the Subway Gene Weingarten 2010

  • She is leaning against the table, hipshot, dangling a sandal, watching his every move.

    The Fiddler in the Subway Gene Weingarten 2010

  • I also never did the John Wayne hipshot kind of crap.

    The Business End of a Long Rifle 2008

  • She is leaning against the table, hipshot, dangling a sandal, watching his every move.

    The Fiddler in the Subway Gene Weingarten 2010

  • 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.

    Travel Advisory - a book review 2006

  • You see, it was nothing like a hipshot sneaking up bombing by night.

    Lean Left » Blog Archive » Iraq Deteriorating 2006

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