hipshot

[ hip-shot ]

adjective

1. having the hip dislocated.
2. having one hip lower than the other:

   a Greek statue in hipshot pose.

Word History and Origins

Origin of hipshot¹

First recorded in 1630–40; hip ¹ + shot ²

Example Sentences

Painted just as large is movie star Dorothy Lamour, wearing a sarong and standing hipshot near singer Paul Robeson, who is shown in the epauletted uniform he wore for the movie “The Emperor Jones.”

From Washington Times

At one point, I sat down near the park entrance, where a couple of rough, hipshot rancher ladies were swaggering back and forth and trading insults with each other.

From The Verge

And it’s likely to kick off a debate about whether Star Wars eventually needs its own version of Thor: Ragnarok, an idiosyncratic, obviously director-flavored, predominately humorous movie that gives its characters a hipshot, silly charm.

From The Verge

Skarsgård's repeated hipshot half-naked posturing—in the rain, in a face-off with a CGI gorilla, on a moving train, on a boat, in every setting he can find—has an effective allure, but it's also faintly hilarious, as though he's trying to pose for that romance-novel cover, and can't settle on a backdrop.

From The Verge

Shum's performance strikes a similar, though less original note; his hipshot swagger and smoldering sullenness recalls his original Crouching Tiger equivalent, the bandit Lo.

From The Verge