hippie

UK /ˈhɪpi/ US /ˈhɪpi/
noun 5adj 2

Definitions

noun

1

A teenager who imitated the beatniks.

2

One who chooses not to conform to prevailing social norms: especially one who subscribes to values or actions such as acceptance or self-practice of recreational drug use, liberal or radical sexual mores, advocacy of communal living, strong

3

A person who keeps an unkempt or sloppy appearance and has unusually long hair (for males), and is thus often stereotyped as a deadbeat.

4

Someone who dresses in a hippie style.

5

One who is hip.

adj

1

Of or pertaining to hippies.

That dress looks very hippie.

The drug-taking he's writing about is less hippie than punk: it's about speed and smack and pills as much as hallucinogens and weed, about compulsion as well as escape.

2

Not conforming to generally accepted standards.

They used a bunch of hippie compression formats instead of the usual RAR and ZIP.

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