Where to go if dislocating hips a lot (8)
I believe the answer is:
hospital
'where to go' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I can't understand how they can define each other.
'dislocating hips a lot' is the wordplay.
'dislocating' indicates anagramming the letters (I've seen 'dislocated' mean this).
'hips'+'a'+'lot'='hipsalot'
'hipsalot' with letters rearranged gives 'HOSPITAL'.
'if' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for hospital that I've seen before include "Infirmary" , "Treatment and care centre" , "Medical centre" , "asylum?" , "Institute for care and treatment of patients" .)