The Hill

Definition: The Hill

The Hill

Noun

1. A hill in Washington, D.C., where the capitol building sits and Congress meets; "they are debating the budget today on Capital Hill".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Synonym: The Hill

Success

Conqueror, victor, winner; master of the situation, master of the position, top of the heap, king of the hill; achiever, success, success story.

Crosswords: The Hill

Just over the hill here over by Burbank Studios. (Pulp Fiction; writing credit: Quentin Tarantino; Roger Avary)

Nellie you're mother wants you! (Laura pushes Nellie down the hill in her wheelchair) You're a good friend, Nellie! (Little House on the Prairie; writing credit: Arthur Heinemann; John Hawkins)

I'm getting back down the same way I came up! (Begins running back down the hill. Russell shoots him as he is running) (Hombre; writing credit: Elmore Leonard; Irving Ravetch)

Last one up the hill is a three legged dog! (Young Guns II; writing credit: John Fusco)

We'd barely have enough strength to drag ourselves over the hill to the bone orchard. (All in the Family; writing credit: Johnny Speight; Norman Lear)

Say I'm old-fashioned, say I'm over the hill ("Old Time Rock & Roll"; performing artist: Bob Seger)

I thought I saw him walkin' up over the hill ("Abraham, Martin and John"; performing artist: Dion)

And at last here I am on the hill overlooking El Paso ("El Paso"; performing artist: Marty Robbins)

When you ascend the hill of prosperity, may you not meet a friend. (references; author: Mark Twain)

Once over the hill, you pick up speed. (references; author: unknown)

I don't know how I got over the hill without getting to the top. (references; author: unknown)

King of the Hill (1974)

The Hill (1965)

Mr. Brown Comes Down the Hill (1965)

Crisis on the Hill (1962)

Home from the Hill (1960)

The Fool on The Hill (performing artist: Sergio Mendes and Brazil '66)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Books

• Over the Hill Awol from the Marines (reference)

• Ascend the hill, and other poems (reference)

• The Hill Bachelors (reference)

• Fool on the Hill (reference)

• The Congressional Experience: A View from the Hill (Transforming American Politics) (reference)

  (more book examples)

Periodicals

• Green Sheets On The Hill C-w Newsroom (reference)

• The Hill (reference)

  (more periodical examples)

Music

• Escalator Over the Hill (reference)

• Mansion on the Hill [CD-SINGLE] (reference)

• Maple on the Hill (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Looking down from the hill towards the Scripps Research Pier.Credit: America's Coastlines.

The NASA Solar Observatory, up the hill from the NOAA facility.Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth.

Sediment from terraces that have been damaged from extremely heavy rains fill another terrace farther down the hill.Credit: Lynn Betts.

A bueatiful desert view with mountains and cacti covering the hill side.Credit: Lynn Chamberlain.

Large rocks and cliffs are set on top of a large hill in the middle of rangeland. There are also more rocks on the slope of the hill and at the base.Credit: Unknown.

Looking S.W. Towards Santiago from top of the hill on the right of Siboney. : The "Rough Riders" fought on hill marked X.Credit: National Library of Medicine.

U.S. Marines rest in the field on Guadalcanal, circa August-December 1942. Most of these Marines are armed with M1903 bolt-action rifles and carry M1905 bayonets and USMC 1941 type packs. Two men high on the hill at right wear mortar vests and one in center has a World War I type grenade vest. The Marine seated at far right has a Browning Automatic Rifle.Credit: NAVY.

Photographed circa early 1865. Nearest ship is USS Saugus, with a mine sweeping "torpedo rake" attached to her bow. Next monitor astern is probably USS Sangamon. Visible just to the right of her is either USS Mahopac or USS Canonicus. Last two ships are USS Atlanta and USS Onondaga. Photographed by the Matthew Brady organization. Note the log boom across the river in the foreground and the signal tower atop the hill in the right distance.Credit: NAVY.

The Congress guys on the hill again.Credit: Library of Congress.

Over the hill to the poorhouse.Credit: Library of Congress.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Let every body on the Hill hear me if they can.

And Bruno went down the hill.

It is at this point that the ascent of the hill begins.

And the train raced on over the flat lands and past the Hill of Allen.

At last he moved quickly down the hill, and Casy followed him.

It has been conjectured that when the hill shook these stones rolled down its side and became the present shore.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Civil Liberties

Burma

Since 1990 government authorities and security forces, with assistance from monks of the Hill Regions Buddhist Missions, coercively have sought to prevent Christian Chins from proselytizing to Chins who practice indigenous religions. (references)

Economic History

Nepal

People of Indo-Aryan and Mongoloid stock live in the hill region. (references)

Nepal

Within the hill and mountain regions, goods are generally transported by air to remote airstrips, and then hand-carried by porters or animals to final customers. (references)

Indigenous People

Bangladesh

Confusion continues over the overlapping responsibilities of the various central and local government bodies involved in the Hill Tracts. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

The hill of felicity

Expressions using "the Hill": at the bottom of the hill ♦ at the foot of the hill ♦ at the top of the hill ♦ down the hill ♦ go down the hill ♦ Lake In The Hill ♦ slog up the hill. Additional references.

Czech

pachtit se do kopce (slog up the hill), jít s kopce (go down the hill, go downhill). (various references)

Finnish

hän kiersi mäen (he went round the hill). (various references)

French

en bas de coline (at the bottom of the hill, at the foot of the hill). (various references)

Hungarian

nehezen mássza meg a hegyet (to pull slowly up the hill), lassan mássza meg a hegyet (to pull slowly up the hill), lassan húz fel a hegyre (to pull slowly up the hill). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

裏山 (hill back from the seashore, the hill back of one's home), 山の端 (brow of the hill). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

うらやま (hill back from the seashore, the hill back of one's home). (various references)

Manx

Yn Nab (The Nab). (various references)

Pig Latin

ethay illhay

Romanian

în josul dealului (down the hill). (various references)

Spanish

en la cumbre de la colina (at the top of the hill). (various references)

Swedish

backen. (various references)

Turkish

tepenin aşağısında (down the hill), tepeden aşağıya (down the hill). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-2 letters: lithe, thill.

-3 letters: elhi, heil, hell, heth, hill, hilt, lilt, lite, tell, tile, till.

-4 letters: ell, eth, heh, het, hie, hit, ill, lei, let, lie, lit, tel, the, tie, til.

-5 letters: eh, el, et, he, hi, it, li, ti.

+2 letters: healthily.

+3 letters: sheathbill.

+4 letters: hatchelling, sheathbills, unhealthily.

+5 letters: theophylline.

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