hipe

See also: hipé

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

Uncertain.

Noun

hipe (plural hipes)

  1. (wrestling) A throw in which the wrestler lifts his opponent from the ground, swings him to one side, knocks up his nearer thigh from the back with the knee, and throws him on his back.

Verb

hipe (third-person singular simple present hipes, present participle hiping, simple past and past participle hiped)

  1. (wrestling, ambitransitive) To throw (an opponent) using this technique.

Derived terms

Middle English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old English hype, from Proto-West Germanic *hupi, from Proto-Germanic *hupiz.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈhip(ə)/
  • IPA(key): /ˈhyp(ə)/ (Southwest Midland)

Noun

hipe (plural hipes)

  1. hip (anatomical region of a human or quadruped)
  2. (rare) leg (of a human)

Descendants

  • English: hip
  • Middle Scots: hip
  • Yola: hip

References

Spanish

Verb

hipe

  1. inflection of hipar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative