English Explanatory Dictionary

hipster

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A person who is keenly interested in the latest trends or fashions.
  2. A member of the Bohemian counterculture.
  3. An aficionado of jazz who considers themselves to be hip.
  4. A person who wears a hip flask (of alcohol).
  5. A dancer, particularly a female one during the 1930s.
  6. Underwear with an elastic waistband at hip level.
verb
  1. To behave like a hipster.
  2. To dress or decorate in a hip fashion.

Pronunciation

/ˈhɪp.stə/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-hipster.wav /ˈhɪp.stɚ/

Word forms

hipster hipsters hepster hipstering hipstered

Etymology

From hip + -ster. First attested for someone carrying something on their hip in the U.S. in the 1920s. Attested as a variant of hepster in the 1940s, for a follower of the latest fashions/trends/styles.

Synonyms

hepster trendite Corinthian faddist fashionable fashionist fashionista hepcat hipster sophisto snappy dresser trendy voguie swell vial villain gentleman from Kentucky

Related words

suffer from hip disease

Derived words

blipster geekster hickster hijabster hipsterati hipsterdom hipster effect hipsterfication hipsterfy hipster glasses hipsterific hipsterish hipsterism hipsterization hipsterland hipsterlike hipsterly hipstery hipsturbia hiptard mipster nonhipster yupster
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