{
    "term": "hip",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "b2",
    "image": "data/images/bo/body.png",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "the area at either side of the body between the top of the leg and the middle part of the body; the joint at the top of the leg that connects it with the top part of the body",
            "labels": "(informal)(formal)(British English)(British English)(disapproving)(both informal, often disapproving)(informal, disapproving)",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "She stood with her hands on her hips."
                },
                {
                    "text": "These jeans are too tight around the hips."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a hip replacement operation"
                },
                {
                    "text": "the hip bone"
                },
                {
                    "text": "She broke her hip in the fall."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He leaned casually against the door frame, hands on hips."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He put his hands on his hips and sighed."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Her hips were very narrow like a girl's."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Her hips were swaying in time to the music."
                },
                {
                    "text": "My grandmother's having a hip replacement."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She was carrying a baby on her hip."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She was wearing a short blue dress, belted across the hips."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The gun could be fired from the shoulder or from the hip."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Twist your hips in your opponent's direction as you punch."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He had his leg amputated at the hip."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Body"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["lean", "narrow", "slender"],
                "verb + hip": ["have your hands on", "put your hands on", "gyrate"],
                "hip + verb": ["move", "sway", "swing"],
                "hip + noun": ["fracture", "injury", "pain"],
                "preposition": ["across the hips", "at the hip", "from the hip"],
                "phrases": ["hands on (your) hips"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "having hips of the size or shape mentioned",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "large-hipped"
                },
                {
                    "text": "slim-hipped"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "the red fruit that grows on some types of wild rose bush",
            "examples": []
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to react quickly without thinking carefully first",
            "examples": []
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/hɪp/",
                "audio": "hi/hip/hip__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/hɪp/",
                "audio": "hi/hip/hip__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "noun senses 1 to 2 Old English hype, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch heup and German Hüfte, also to hop (verb). noun sense 3 Old English hēope, hīope, of West Germanic origin; related to Dutch joop and German Hiefe."
}