hip to

idiom

informal
: aware of (something)
He's hip to what's going on in the jazz world.

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The fact that so many users weren’t even hip to the correct pronunciation of her name says it all. Kyle Denis, Billboard, 11 Feb. 2025 Stuffing: Oklahoma City sorely misses Holmgren (hip) roaming the paint, but pro basketball heads have been hip to Isaiah Hartenstein’s craftiness for a couple of years now. Steven Louis Goldstein, The Athletic, 25 Nov. 2024 Dunst has an affordable blouson style, cut right at the hip to show off cool-girl trousers and skirts. Cortne Bonilla, Vogue, 20 Nov. 2024 For a moment, Fashanu was actually attached at the hip to his hero, still No. 77, Tyron Smith. Zack Rosenblatt, The Athletic, 6 Aug. 2024 See All Example Sentences for hip to

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“Hip to.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hip%20to. Accessed 6 Mar. 2025.

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