hipshot

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
15
Words With Friends
14
Letters
7
Pronunciation
/ˈhɪpʃɒt/

Definition of hipshot

4 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

adj

  1. Having a dislocated hip.
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adj

  1. Having a dislocated hip.
  2. (dated)Clumsy, awkward.
  3. (US, colloquial)Standing with one hip lower than the other.
    “No degree of the allegorical avoided an excuse to present an impudently hipshot youth, or a captive maiden in some appealing form of restraint”

adv

  1. With one hip lower than the other.
    “Slocum [...] watched the horses and mules. Most stood hipshot, sleeping on their feet, nothing bothered them.”
    “The two stubby horses, dusty and sweaty from the road, were standing hip-shot and bored, and Bernan sat on the driver's box with reins slack and his elbows on his knees.”

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Etymology

From hip + shot.

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