variants
or hippy
plural hippies
: a usually young person who rejects the mores of established society (as by dressing unconventionally or favoring communal living) and advocates a nonviolent ethic
broadly
: a long-haired unconventionally dressed young person
Examples of hippie in a Sentence
She used to be a hippie, but she's fairly conservative now.
The band appeals to a new generation of hippies.
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Bissouma has had a difficult season and was suspended by the club for the first game after video footage emerged of him appearing to inhale nitrous oxide, which is also known as NOS, laughing gas or hippie crack.
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Jack Pitt-Brooke, New York Times, 20 May 2025
Thorfinn was struck again by ghost love with free-spirited 1960s hippie Flower (Sheila Carrasco) in Season 2.
—Bryan Alexander, USA Today, 10 May 2025
This is a charming little ditty about two long-haired freaks who come through small-town Texas; get called fairies, communists, and hippies; and are threatened with being (at best) run out of town.
—Shana Naomi Krochmal, Vulture, 4 Apr. 2025
Cotton uniquely connects the brand to California and the hippie culture that played a pivotal moment in women’s fashion history in the late 1960s and early 1970s.
—Virgie Tovar, Forbes.com, 24 Apr. 2025
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Jack Pitt-Brooke, New York Times, 20 May 2025
Thorfinn was struck again by ghost love with free-spirited 1960s hippie Flower (Sheila Carrasco) in Season 2.
—Bryan Alexander, USA Today, 10 May 2025
This is a charming little ditty about two long-haired freaks who come through small-town Texas; get called fairies, communists, and hippies; and are threatened with being (at best) run out of town.
—Shana Naomi Krochmal, Vulture, 4 Apr. 2025
Cotton uniquely connects the brand to California and the hippie culture that played a pivotal moment in women’s fashion history in the late 1960s and early 1970s.
—Virgie Tovar, Forbes.com, 24 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for hippie
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“Hippie.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hippie. Accessed 29 May. 2025.
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