hip flask

See also: hipflask and hip-flask

English

A contoured hip flask with a captive top

Alternative forms

• hip-flask, hipflask

Etymology

From being a flask that was originally meant to be worn on the hip.

Pronunciation

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Noun

hip flask (plural hip flasks)

1. A container designed to hold small amounts of alcohol, especially spirits, for personal consumption on the go.

Synonyms

• hip-pocket flask; pocket flask

Derived terms

• hipster

Descendants

• Korean: 힙 플라스크 (hip peullaseukeu)

Translations

pocket-size container for alcoholic beverages

• Bulgarian: плоско шише n (plosko šiše)
• Catalan: petaca f
• Czech: placatka (cs) f
• Danish: lommelærke
• Dutch: heupfles (nl) f
• Finnish: taskumatti (fi)
• Galician: cañoteiro m
• German: Flachmann (de) m
• Hebrew: בקבוקון כיס שטוח, בקבוק אלכוהול אישי לכיס
• Hungarian: flaska (hu), laposüveg (hu)
• Irish: fleasc póca m
• Japanese: スキットル (sukittoru)
• Korean: 힙 플라스크 (hip peullaseukeu)
• Lithuanian: kišeninė gertuvė f
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: lommelerke m or f

  Nynorsk: lommelerke f

• Polish: piersiówka (pl) f, bakłaszka f (regional)
• Russian: пло́ская фля́жка f (plóskaja fljážka)
• Spanish: petaca (es) f
• Swedish: fickplunta (sv) c