hipster

UK: /ˈhɪpstə^r/ US: /ˈhɪpstɚ/ ,(hip′stər)

WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2025

hip•ster¹ /ˈhɪpstɚ/   n. [countable] [Slang.]

1. a hip person.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025

hip•ster¹  (hip′stər), n. [Slang.]

1. a person who is hip.
2. hepcat.
3. a person, esp. during the 1950s, characterized by a particularly strong sense of alienation from most established social activities and relationships.

• hip⁴ + -ster 1935–40, American.

hip•ster²  (hip′stər), n. 

1. Clothing hipsters, [Chiefly Brit.] hiphugger (def. 2).
2. Clothing Often, hipsters. hiphugger underpants for women and girls.

• hip¹ + -ster 1960–65

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hipster / ˈhɪpstə/ noun

a person who follows trends that he or she regards as being outside the mainstream

1. an enthusiast of modern jazz
2. an outmoded word for hippy1
3. (modifier) (of trousers) cut so that the top encircles the hips