hipster

English

Etymology

hip +‎ -ster

Pronunciation
  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈhɪp.stə/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈhɪp.stɚ/

Noun

hipster (plural hipsters)

  1. A person who is keenly interested in the latest trends or fashions. [from earlier 20th c.]
    • c. 1954, Jack Kerouac, Untitled poem, in Book of Sketches, 1952-57, Penguin, 2006, p. 239,
      I, poor French Canadian Ti Jean become / a big sophisticated hipster esthete in / the homosexual arts […]
  2. A member of Bohemian counterculture.
  3. An aficionado of jazz who considers himself or herself to be hip.
  4. Underwear with an elastic waistband at hip level.

Derived terms
terms derived from hipster

Translations

Anagrams

French

Noun

hipster m or f (plural hipsters)

  1. hipster

Portuguese

Noun

hipster m, f (plural hipsters)

  1. hipster (person interested in the latest trends)

Spanish

Etymology

English

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈipsteɾ/, [ˈipst̪eɾ]

Noun

hipster m (plural hipsters or hipster)

  1. hipster
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