Hip

Morpheme

Hip

Type

free base

Denotation

informed, aware, up-to-date

Etymology

1904 probable variant of hep; of unknown origin

Evidence

hip, hipdom, hipification, hiply, hipness, hipped, hipper, hippest, hippie, hipping, hippy, hips, hipster, nonhip, overhip, superhip, ultrahip, unhip

Homographs

Hip, Hip