hep, hip, hip to
(adjective) informed about the latest trends
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Shortening.
hep (uncountable)
(informal) hepatitis.
Abbreviation of high-energy physics.
• Mainly used in the names of varieties of hepatitis, such as hep A, hep B, hep C, hep D, and hep E.
hep (plural heps)
(obsolete) A hip of a rose; a rosehip.
hep (comparative more hep, superlative most hep)
(dated, US slang) Aware, up-to-date.
(dated, US slang) Cool, hip, sophisticated.
hep (third-person singular simple present heps, present participle hepping, simple past and past participle hepped)
(dated, US slang) To make aware of.
hep
(historical) A rallying cry in attacks on the Jewish people.
hep (uncountable)
(usually, reduplicated) An instance of crying hep!, especially as a call to attack Jewish people.
• Eph, Eph., HPE, peh
Source: Wiktionary
Hep, n.
Definition: See Hip, the fruit of the dog-rose.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
25 April 2024
(verb) embody the essential characteristics of or be a typical example of; “The fugue typifies Bach’s style of composition”
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