hipness

noun

hip·​ness ˈhip-nəs How to pronounce hipness (audio)
: the quality or state of being hip

Examples of hipness in a Sentence

such hipness does not come cheap, and his clothes budget is out of sight
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The Beach Boys were in decline by 1967 — in health and hipness alike. August Brown, Los Angeles Times, 11 June 2025 Photos and videos from the period show famous revelers clearly giddy with their own hipness. USA Today, 21 Apr. 2025 Partisanship and hipness seemed, ever so briefly, compatible. Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 28 Oct. 2024 But there’s not a smack of hipness here, and Jalali is not on a quest for cool. Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 18 Aug. 2023 See All Example Sentences for hipness

Word History

First Known Use

1937, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of hipness was in 1937

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“Hipness.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hipness. Accessed 18 Jun. 2025.

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