hippie
noun
hipĀ·pie
| \ Ėhi-pÄ
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variants:
or hippy
plural hippies
Definition of hippie
: a usually young person who rejects the mores of established society (as by dressing unconventionally or favoring communal living) and advocates a nonviolent ethic
broadly
: a long-haired unconventionally dressed young person
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Other Words from hippie
hippiedom
\ Ėhi-pÄ-dÉm
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noun
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noun
hippieish
\ Ėhi-pÄ-ish
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adjective
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adjective
hippieness
or hippiness \ Ėhi-pÄ-nÉs
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noun
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noun
Examples of hippie in a Sentence
She used to be a hippie, but she's fairly conservative now.
The band appeals to a new generation of hippies.
Recent Examples on the Web
To the untrained eye, the Light bus looks as eclectic as the hippie culture that birthed it. — Sameer Rao, baltimoresun.com, "Woodstock 50 collapsed. This Baltimore artist and his VW van are keeping the hippie spirit alive.," 12 Aug. 2019 Much of the country leered at the hippiesānews coverage made Woodstock out to be all mud and miseryāand yet conservative-leaning natives of Sullivan County donated groceries when the festās food ran out. — Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, "Why Woodstock Can Never Happen Again," 6 Aug. 2019 Cliff is more willing than Rick to accept the hippies ā even picking up a flower child hitchhiker - but also more skeptical about their true motivation. — Laura Demarco, cleveland.com, "Quentin Tarantinoās brilliant, audacious āOnce Upon a Time in Hollywoodā brings 1969 to vivid life (review)," 24 July 2019 With cameras dangling from their necks, the hippies hired a Greyhound bus for a sightseeing tour of the tidy middle-class neighborhoods of Queens. — Joseph Berger, BostonGlobe.com, "1960s prankster Paul Krassner, who named Yippies, dies at 87," 21 July 2019 The inspiration, or one of them, was the Whole Earth Catalog and its founding editor Stewart Brand, who commissioned them to build a giant plastic pillow, 50 feet on each side, that served as a lounge pad for the hippie set. — Mark Lamster, Dallas News, "The epic tale of the House of the Century, the trippy Texas icon that defies polite description," 12 July 2019 Zalman Goldstein, Yisroelās younger brother, remembers their parents welcoming guests to their Shabbat meals, everyone from hippies to scientists, often drawn to Crown Heights by curiosity about the spiritual leader living upstairs. — Peter Rowe, San Diego Union-Tribune, "Powayās Rabbi Yisroel Goldstein: a brush with death leads to a new life," 7 July 2019 The Mardi Gras, West African and psychadelic chanting sounds were a hit with the long-haired hippies Mr. Rebennack knew in California, and the album ranks on Rolling Stone magazineās list of the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time. — nola.com, "Dr. John, a true New Orleans music legend, dies at age 77," 6 June 2019 The opening performer on Friday, rapper Taylor Bennett, would have been negative 27 years old at the time of the famous hippie fest. — Steve Rubenstein, SFChronicle.com, "Outside Lands comes alive with pot, tunes and tight security," 9 Aug. 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'hippie.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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More Definitions for hippie
hippie
noun
English Language Learners Definition of hippie
: a usually young person who rejects established social customs (such as by dressing in an unusual way or living in a commune) and who opposes violence and war
especially
: a young person of this kind in the 1960s and 1970s
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hippie
noun
hipĀ·pie
variants:
or hippy \ Ėhi-pÄ \
plural hippies
Kids Definition of hippie
: a usually young person who rejects the values and practices of society and opposes violence and war
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