hipster

noun

hip·​ster ˈhip-stər How to pronounce hipster (audio)
: a person who is unusually aware of and interested in new and unconventional patterns (as in jazz or fashion)

Examples of hipster in a Sentence

a movie that appeals equally to hipsters and suburbanites
Recent Examples on the Web The Swedes will be the hockey hipsters’ pick to win. Corey Masisak, The Denver Post, 10 Feb. 2024 These hipsters are made from soft, cool nylon with plenty of spandex for stretch. Barbara Bellesi Zito, Travel + Leisure, 24 Jan. 2024 Twenty eight years later, Sublime t-shirts can still be seen on celebrities, hipsters, kids and at big box retailers. Daniel Kohn, SPIN, 16 Feb. 2024 Scott Pilgrim was originally a series of comics by Canadian writer/artist Bryan Lee O’Malley that riffed on the tropes of nerd genres (fighting games, superhero stories, indie rock) to highlight the ups and downs of life as a young urban hipster. EW.com, 17 Nov. 2023 That’s not a concern with this hipster from Third Love. Barbara Bellesi Zito, Travel + Leisure, 24 Jan. 2024 Low-rise streetscapes and communities of artists and hipsters can make parts of Melbourne feel like Brooklyn. Simbarashe Cha, New York Times, 17 Jan. 2024 In comes Statham, the white knight of the middle class, whose real purpose in life is to defend the most vulnerable group in society from the entitled hipsters. Haadiza Ogwude, The Enquirer, 12 Jan. 2024 About 250,000 people attended that summer — families, children, students, hipsters seeking reprieve. Walker Mimms, New York Times, 4 Jan. 2024

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Word History

Etymology

hip entry 2

First Known Use

1940, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of hipster was in 1940

Dictionary Entries Near hipster

Cite this Entry

“Hipster.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hipster. Accessed 28 Mar. 2024.

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