WordDisk
  • Reading
    • Shortcuts
      •   Home
      •   All Articles
      •   Read from Another Site
      Sources
      • Wikipedia
      • Simple Wikipedia
      • VOA Learning English
      • Futurity
      • The Conversation
      • MIT News
      • Harvard Gazette
      • Cambridge News
      • YDS/YÖKDİL Passages
      Topics
      • Technology
      • Engineering
      • Business
      • Economics
      • Human
      • Health
      • Energy
      • Biology
      • Nature
      • Space
  •  Log in
  •  Sign up
2.99
History
Add

hippy noun [ ˈhɪpi ]

• (especially in the 1960s) a person of unconventional appearance, typically having long hair, associated with a subculture involving a rejection of conventional values and the taking of hallucinogenic drugs.
• "hippies and spiritual seekers made their way to India in the sixties in search of enlightenment"
Similar: flower child, bohemian, dropout, free spirit, nonconformist, unconventional person, flower people,

hippy adjective

• relating to hippies or the subculture associated with them.
• "the birthplace of the hippy movement"
Origin: 1940s (denoting a person who is knowledgeable about jazz music and its associated culture): from hip3 + -y1.

hippy adjective

• (of a woman) having large hips.
• "she looked very hippy in her jeans"


2025 WordDisk