Meanings
nounhip flask (plural hip flasks)
plural hip flasks · alternative hip-flask · alternative hipflask
- A container designed to hold small amounts of alcohol, especially spirits, for personal consumption on the go.
Synonyms: hip-pocket flask, pocket flask
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA container designed to hold small amounts of alcohol, especially spirits, for personal consumption on the go.
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Origin
From being a flask that was originally meant to be worn on the hip.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian плоско шише
- плоско шише (plosko šiše)pocket-size container for alcoholic beverages
Catalan petaca
- petacapocket-size container for alcoholic beverages
Czech placatka
- placatkapocket-size container for alcoholic beverages
Danish lommelærke
- lommelærkepocket-size container for alcoholic beverages
Dutch heupfles
- heupflespocket-size container for alcoholic beverages
Finnish taskumatti
- taskumattipocket-size container for alcoholic beverages
German Flachmann
- Flachmannpocket-size container for alcoholic beverages
Hebrew בקבוקון כיס שטוח, בקבוק אלכוהול אישי לכיס
- בקבוקון כיס שטוחpocket-size container for alcoholic beverages
- בקבוק אלכוהול אישי לכיסpocket-size container for alcoholic beverages
Hungarian flaska, laposüveg
- flaskapocket-size container for alcoholic beverages
- laposüvegpocket-size container for alcoholic beverages
Irish fleasc póca
- fleasc pócapocket-size container for alcoholic beverages
Japanese スキットル
- スキットル (sukittoru)pocket-size container for alcoholic beverages
Korean 힙 플라스크
- 힙 플라스크 (hip peullaseukeu)pocket-size container for alcoholic beverages
Lithuanian kišeninė gertuvė
- kišeninė gertuvėpocket-size container for alcoholic beverages
Norwegian Bokmål lommelerke
- lommelerkepocket-size container for alcoholic beverages
Polish piersiówka, bakłaszka
- piersiówkapocket-size container for alcoholic beverages
- bakłaszkapocket-size container for alcoholic beverages
Russian пло́ская фля́жка
- пло́ская фля́жка (plóskaja fljážka)pocket-size container for alcoholic beverages
Spanish petaca
- petacapocket-size container for alcoholic beverages
Swedish plunta, fickplunta
- pluntapocket-size container for alcoholic beverages
- fickpluntapocket-size container for alcoholic beverages
Cite this entry
APA
hip flask. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hip%20flask
MLA
“hip flask.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hip%20flask. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “hip flask,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hip%20flask.
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