adj
hippy
HIH-pee
adj
1
Having wide or prominent hips.
"The dress was cut to flatter a hippy figure."
"She has a curvy, hippy build."
How to Use Hippy
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishDescribes a body shape with noticeably wide hips.
Common mistake
Don't confuse with "hippie" (a member of the 1960s counterculture) — different word, different spelling, though some dictionaries treat them as variant spellings.
Easily confused with
Word Forms
hippier comparative, hippiest superlative
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