hipped

Meanings

• Verb

  To make something aware or informed, especially about a secret or hidden fact.

  - "The detective hipped his partner to the fact that the suspect was hiding in the alley."
  - "My friend hipped me to a great new restaurant in town."

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Pronunciation

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Variants

List of all variants of hipped that leads to same result
hipped , hip , hipping , hips , swivel-hipped

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Etymology

origin and the way in which meanings have changed throughout history.

Originally meant 'to tip' or 'to inform by whispering in the ear'.

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Trivia

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1. The term 'hipped' was popularized in the 1950s and 1960s by African American vernacular English.

2. The phrase 'in the know' is often used interchangeably with 'hipped'.

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Related Concepts

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1. In the know: A phrase meaning to have knowledge or information about something before others do.

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Culture

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The term 'hipped' has been used extensively in various forms of media, including literature, music, and film, to denote the act of becoming informed or enlightened about something.

How to Memorize "hipped"

1. visualize
   

   - Imagine the act of whispering a secret to someone, or the idea of being 'in the know'.

2. associate
   

   - Associate the word with the idea of being informed or enlightened.

3. mnemonics
   

   - Create a mnemonic using the first letter of each word in the definition: HIP = Have Information Prior.

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