hip pointer
noun
: a deep bruise to the iliac crest or to the attachments of the muscles attached to it that occurs especially in contact sports (such as football)
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Poeltl has been dealing with a hip pointer for a few games, and those injuries can linger.
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Eric Koreen, The Athletic, 5 Feb. 2025
Backup Drew Lock has a strained oblique and a hip pointer, or a bad bone bruise, and is going to miss time, according to multiple reports.
—Pat Leonard, New York Daily News, 9 Aug. 2024
The 23-year-old, the No. 3 pick in the 2019 amateur draft, has a hip pointer, but could start playing again in one to two weeks.
—San Francisco Chronicle, 29 Mar. 2022
The Pistons’ Rookie of the Year candidate Cade Cunningham also missed the game with a right hip pointer.
—Dallas News, 8 Feb. 2022
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Eric Koreen, The Athletic, 5 Feb. 2025
Backup Drew Lock has a strained oblique and a hip pointer, or a bad bone bruise, and is going to miss time, according to multiple reports.
—Pat Leonard, New York Daily News, 9 Aug. 2024
The 23-year-old, the No. 3 pick in the 2019 amateur draft, has a hip pointer, but could start playing again in one to two weeks.
—San Francisco Chronicle, 29 Mar. 2022
The Pistons’ Rookie of the Year candidate Cade Cunningham also missed the game with a right hip pointer.
—Dallas News, 8 Feb. 2022
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“Hip pointer.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hip%20pointer. Accessed 16 Feb. 2025.
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