Hipshot

//ˈhɪpʃɒt// adj, adv, slang

adj, adv, slang ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Having a dislocated hip.
  2. 2
    Clumsy, awkward. dated
  3. 3
    Standing with one hip lower than the other. US, colloquial

    "No degree of the allegorical avoided an excuse to present an impudently hipshot youth, or a captive maiden in some appealing form of restraint"

Adverb
  1. 1
    With one hip lower than the other.

    "Slocum [...] watched the horses and mules. Most stood hipshot, sleeping on their feet, nothing bothered them."

Example

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"No degree of the allegorical avoided an excuse to present an impudently hipshot youth, or a captive maiden in some appealing form of restraint"

Etymology

From hip + shot.

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