hipshot

adj, adv — 4 senses

hipshot

adj

/ˈhɪpʃɒt/

Etymology From hip + shot.

1

Having a dislocated hip.

2

Dated Clumsy, awkward.

3

US, Colloquial 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 restraint2006, Thomas Pynchon, Against the Day, Vintage, published 2007, page 686:

hipshot

adv

Etymology From hip + shot.

1

With one hip lower than the other.

Slocum [...] watched the horses and mules. Most stood hipshot, sleeping on their feet, nothing bothered them.2005, Jake Logan, Slocum and the Sierra Madras Gold:
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.2005, Lois McMaster Bujold, The Hallowed Hunt:

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