(~s, ~per ~pest)
Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.
1.
Your ~s are the two areas at the sides of your body between the tops of your legs and your waist.
Tracey put her hands on her ~s and sighed.
N-COUNT: oft poss N
-~ped
He is broad-chested and narrow-~ped.
COMB in ADJ
2.
You refer to the bones between the tops of your legs and your waist as your ~s.
N-COUNT: oft poss N
3.
If you say that someone is ~, you mean that they are very modern and follow all the latest fashions, for example in clothes and ideas. (INFORMAL)
...a ~ young character with tight-cropped blond hair and stylish glasses.
= trendy, cool
ADJ
4.
If a large group of people want to show their appreciation or approval of someone, one of them says ‘Hip ~’ and they all shout ‘hooray’.
EXCLAM
5.
If you say that someone shoots from the ~ or fires from the ~, you mean that they react to situations or give their opinion very quickly, without stopping to think.
Judges don’t have to shoot from the ~. They have the leisure to think, to decide.
PHRASE: V inflects