hip and thigh

adverb

: in a fierce or ruthless manner

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Styles include the High-Rise Trouser, a jean that sits at the natural waist and is slim through the hip and thigh; the High-Rise Bootcut with a regular fit; and the Mid-Rise Bootcut. Angela Velasquez, Footwear News, 22 July 2026 Neusch was acutely aware of nerve-equivalent impulses reporting the beam penetrating the light armor, searing the bio-andy’s hip and thigh. Jeff Spry, Space.com, 26 June 2026 Composed of 100 percent cotton, these jeans fit through the hip and thigh, and then relax after the knee, defining your waist and lengthening your legs all at once. Caroline Hughes, Travel + Leisure, 19 June 2026 The last report to Alameda County social workers came in September 2021, when Sophia showed up to a Kaiser Permanente hospital in San Leandro with suspicious bruising across her back, buttocks, hip and thigh, as well as apparent cigarette burns on her arms. Jakob Rodgers, Mercury News, 26 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for hip and thigh

Word History

First Known Use

1560, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of hip and thigh was in 1560

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“Hip and thigh.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hip%20and%20thigh. Accessed 27 Jul. 2026.

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