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hinge
  • n  a joint that holds two parts together so that one can swing relative to the other
  • n  a circumstance upon which subsequent events depend
    his absence is the hinge of our plan
  • v  attach with a hinge
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hinge joint
  • n  a freely moving joint in which the bones are so articulated as to allow extensive movement in one plane
  • n  a joint allowing movement in one plane only
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hinny
  • n  hybrid offspring of a male horse and a female donkey or ass; usually sterile
    a hinny has a gentler disposition than a mule
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hint
  • n  an indirect suggestion
  • n  a slight indication
  • n  a slight but appreciable amount
  • n  a just detectable amount
  • n  an indication of potential opportunity
  • v  drop a hint; intimate by a hint
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hip-hop
  • n  an urban youth culture associated with rap music and the fashions of African-American residents of the inner city
  • n  genre of African-American music of the 1980s and 1990s in which rhyming lyrics are chanted to a musical accompaniment; several forms of rap have emerged
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hip bath
  • n  a bathtub in which your buttocks and hips are immersed as if you were sitting in a chair and you bathe in a sitting position
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hip joint
  • n  the ball-and-socket joint between the head of the femur and the acetabulum
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hip pad
  • n  protective garment consisting of a pad worn by football and hockey players
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hip socket
  • n  the socket part of the ball-and-socket joint between the head of the femur and the innominate bone
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hipbone
  • n  large flaring bone forming one half of the pelvis; made up of the ilium and ischium and pubis
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