hippy
pronunciation
How to pronounce hippy in British English:
UK [ˈhɪpi:]
How to pronounce hippy in American English:
US [ˈhɪpi]
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- Noun:
- someone who rejects the established culture; advocates extreme liberalism in politics and lifestyle
Word Origin
- hippy (adj.)
- "having prominent hips," 1919, from hip (n.1) + -y (2).
Example
- 1. A hippy linguist railing against sticklers and their " proper grammar " ?
- 2. At the same time , searching for peace is also not about becoming a tree hugging hippy .
- 3. It 's an area hippy and homeless people would come .
- 4. The company was founded in the hippest hippy traditions , far-out and right-on , and the takeover by unilever seems scarcely to have undermined this .
- 5. The site would have more of the ambience of a prison camp than a hippy festival , but at least it would conform toregulations .