Underground Definition–adverb | 1. | beneath the surface of the ground: traveling underground by subway. | | 2. | in concealment or secrecy; not openly: subversion carried on underground. | –adjective | 3. | existing, situated, operating, or taking place beneath the surface of the ground. | | 4. | used, or for use, underground. | | 5. | hidden or secret; not open: underground political activities. | | 6. | published or produced by political or social radicals or nonconformists: an underground newspaper. | | 7. | avant-garde; experimental: an underground movie. | | 8. | critical of or attacking the established society or system: underground opinion. | | 9. | of or for nonconformists; unusual: an underground vegetarian restaurant. | –noun | 10. | the place or region beneath the surface of the ground. | | 11. | an underground space or passage. | | 12. | a secret organization fighting the established government or occupation forces: He fought in the French underground during the Nazi occupation of France. | | 13. | (often initial capital letter ) a movement or group existing outside the establishment and usually reflecting unorthodox, avant-garde, or radical views. | | 14. | Chiefly British. a subway system. | –verb (used with object) | 15. | to place beneath the surface of the ground: to underground utility lines. | |
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Hip Definition–noun | 1. | the projecting part of each side of the body formed by the side of the p
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Hop Definition–verb (used without object) | 1. | to make a short, bouncing leap; move by leaping with all feet off the ground. | | 2. | to spring or leap on one foot. | | 3. | Informal. to make a short, quick trip, esp. in an airplane: He hopped up to Boston for the day. | | 4. | Informal. to travel or move frequently from one place or situation to another (usually used in combination): to island-hop; to job-hop. | –verb (used with object) | 6. | to jump over; clear with a hop: The sheep hopped the fence. | | 7. | Informal. to board or get onto a vehicle: to hop a plane. | | 8. | Informal. to cross in an airplane: We hopped the Atlantic in five hours. | –noun | 9. | an act of hopping; short leap. | | 11. | a journey, esp. a short trip by air. | | 12. | Informal. a dance or dancing party. | | 13. | a bounce or rebound of a moving object, as a ball: She caught the ball on the first hop. | —Idiom | 14. | hop to it, Informal. to begin to move, become active, or do something immediately: You'd better hop to it if you intend to buy groceries before the market closes. Also, hop to. | |
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