Etymograph

English

hipfire

From hip + fire.

A compound of hip + fire

Proto-Germanic *hupiz ‘hip, haunch’

Proto-West Germanic *hupi ‘hip’

Old English hype ‘hip’

Middle English hipe ‘hip’

English hip

Proto-Indo-European *péh₂wr̥

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Proto-Germanic *fuïr

Proto-West Germanic *fuir

Old English fȳr ‘fire’

Middle English fyr

English fire

Today it means

noun In first-person shooter games, the ability to shoot from the hip, without taking aim first.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / hipfire