Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun plural Tight-fitting pants whose waistline rests at hip level.
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- noun US Tight-fitting
pants (trousers ) with awaistline that rests on the hips
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Examples
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Wait a second – am I to understand that this book recommends I DO wear hip-huggers to “create the illusion of a more perfect figure”?
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Her pants were faded corduroy hip-huggers, held up with a death metal studded belt.
X, Chapter 2: Min Benjamin Matvey 2012
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She dressed in a hurry, pulling on black hip-huggers and a tailored indigo shirt with silver buttons.
Etched in Bone Adrian Phoenix 2011
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She dressed in a hurry, pulling on black hip-huggers and a tailored indigo shirt with silver buttons.
Etched in Bone Adrian Phoenix 2011
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They were all dressed in hot pants, halter tops, hip-huggers, very tall shoes with straps around their legs.
Modest Feminine Dress From the Pages of 1990 Victoria Magazine 2009
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There is no way that the belt we wore in our thirties will fit, even if the hip-huggers we also wore at the time still do.
Suzanne Braun Levine: We Still Undress In The Dark, But The Sex Is Great! Suzanne Braun Levine 2011
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She dressed in a hurry, pulling on black hip-huggers and a tailored indigo shirt with silver buttons.
Etched in Bone Adrian Phoenix 2011
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She dressed in a hurry, pulling on black hip-huggers and a tailored indigo shirt with silver buttons.
Etched in Bone Adrian Phoenix 2011
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With a veggie harvesting fashion that leans toward carnation-pink hip-huggers, designer sneakers, and perfect nails, Michelle Obama isn't going to win the dirt farmer of ...
Rob Smart: Sustainable Food Ripe for Entrepreneurs to Drive Forward 2009
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With a veggie harvesting fashion that leans toward carnation-pink hip-huggers, designer sneakers, and perfect nails, Michelle Obama isn't going to win the dirt farmer of ...
mollusque commented on the word hip-huggers
He didn't look like John Lennon anymore. Gone were his faded bell-bottoms, his granny glasses. Now he wore brown hip-huggers. His wide-lapel shirt shimmered under the fluorescent lights.
—Jeffrey Eugenides, 2002, Middlesex, p. 515
August 17, 2008