how to pronounce hipster

/ˈhɪpstɚ/

audio example by a male speaker

audio example by a female speaker

the above transcription of hipster is a detailed (narrow) transcription according to the rules of the International Phonetic Association; you can find a description of each symbol by clicking the phoneme buttons in the secction below.

hipster is pronounced in two syllables

press buttons with phonetic symbols to learn how to precisely pronounce each sound of hipster

1.

2. example pitch curve for pronunciation of hipster

test your pronunciation of hipster

press the "test" button to check how closely you can replicate the pitch of a native speaker in your pronunciation of hipster

video examples of hipster pronunciation

An example use of hipster in a speech by a native speaker of american english:

“… I was so hipster that I started and quit …”

meanings of hipster

noun:

A person who is keenly interested in the latest trends or fashions.
A person who wears a hip flask (of alcohol).
An aficionado of jazz who considers himself or herself to be hip.
A dancer, particularly a female one.
Underwear with an elastic waistband at hip level.
A member of Bohemian counterculture.

verb:

To behave like a hipster.
To dress or decorate in a hip fashion.

hipster frequency in english - C2 level of CEFR

the word hipster occurs in english on average 3.5 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics hipster can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that hipster can be often used in the following areas:

1) leisure and entertainment;

2) people, society, and culture;