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the body's master joint, balancing your whole weight on a ball smaller than a peach
means The joint where the thigh bone meets the pelvis, and the rounded part of the body on either side just below the waist.
from From Old English 'hype,' a word with deep Germanic roots — a cousin of Dutch 'heup' and German 'Hüfte.' The body-part sense is the original one; the unrelated slang 'hip' meaning fashionable or aware came much later and from murkier sources, so they only look like the same word by accident.
- ball and socket
- one of only two such joints you own
- load bearing
- handles up to several times your body weight
- fracture risk
- breaks here can be fatal in elderly
- replacements
- over a million swapped out yearly worldwide
- hidden depth
- socket sits deep inside the pelvis
hip hop — music genre and culture that emerged in the bronx, new york in the 1970s
hip joint — ball-and-socket joint connecting femur to pelvis, most mobile in humans
hip flask — small container traditionally carried in back pocket, popularized during prohibition