Hip(To). A hip means a hypochondriac. To hip means to make melancholy; to fret; to make one dismal or gloomy with forebodings. Hipped means melancholy, in low spirits. For one short moment let us cease To mourn the loss of many ships - Forget how tax and rates increase, And all that now the nation Lips. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894 More on Hip from Infoplease:
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