hipshot

adj
/ˈhɪpʃɒt/

Etymology

From hip + shot.

  1. inherited from *skutą
  2. inherited from sceot
  3. inherited from schot
  4. compounded as hipshot — “hip + shot

Definitions

  1. Having a dislocated hip.

  2. Clumsy, awkward.

  3. Standing with one hip lower than the other.

    • No degree of the allegorical avoided an excuse to present an impudently hipshot youth, or a captive maiden in some appealing form of restraint
  4. + 1 more definition
    1. With one hip lower than the other.

      • Slocum [...] watched the horses and mules. Most stood hipshot, sleeping on their feet, nothing bothered them.
      • The two stubby horses, dusty and sweaty from the road, were standing hip-shot and bored, and Bernan sat on the driver's box with reins slack and his elbows on his knees.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA