the projecting region of the lateral parts of one side of the pelvis and the hip joint; the haunch; the huckle.-the external angle formed by the meeting of two sloping sides or skirts of a roof, which have their wall plates running in different directions.-in a bridge truss, the place where an inclined end post meets the top chord.-to dislocate or sprain the hip of, to fracture or injure the hip bone of (a quadruped) in such a manner as to produce a permanent depression of that side.-to throw (one's adversary) over one's hip in wrestling (technically called cross buttock).-to make with a hip or hips, as a roof.-the fruit of a rosebush, especially of the english dog-rose (rosa canina).-used to excite attention or as a signal; as, hip, hip, hurra!-alt. of hipps