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hep

1  [hep]
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–adjective Older Slang.
hip 4 .
Origin:
1900–05, Americanism
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hep

2  [huht, huhp, hep]
–interjection
one (used in counting cadence while marching).

hip

4  [hip] adjective, hip⋅per, hip⋅pest, noun, verb, hipped, hip⋅ping. Slang.
–adjective
1. familiar with or informed about the latest ideas, styles, developments, etc.: My parents aren't exactly hip, you know.
2. considered aware of or attuned to what is expected, esp. with a casual or knowing air; cool: The guy was not at all hip—a total nerd.
3. in agreement or willing to cooperate; going along: We explained our whole plan, and she was hip.
–noun
4. Also, hipness. the condition or state of being hip.
5. a hipster or hippie.
–verb (used with object)
6. to make or keep aware or informed.
Also, hep.

Origin:
1900–05; earlier hep; of disputed orig.

Related forms:
hiply, adverb
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hep   (hěp)   
adj.   Slang
Variant of hip2.
hip 2   (hĭp)   
adj.   hip·per also hep·per, hip·pest also hep·pest Slang

  1. Keenly aware of or knowledgeable about the latest trends or developments.

  2. Very fashionable or stylish.


[Origin unknown.]
hip n. & v., hip'ly adv., hip'ness n.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Slang Dictionary
hep [hɛp]

  1. mod.
    aware; informed; savvy. : The chick is simply not hep.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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hip

  1. mod.
    informed; aware. (See also hep.) : The guy is just not hip. He's a nerd.
  2. tv.
    to tell someone; to inform someone. : What's happening? Take a minute and hip me!
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Word Origin & History

hep  (1)
"aware, up-to-date," first recorded 1908 in "Saturday Evening Post," but said to be underworld slang, of unknown origin. Variously said to have been the name of "a fabulous detective who operated in Cincinnati" or a saloonkeeper in Chicago who "never quite understood what was going on ... (but) thought he did." Taken up by jazz musicians by 1915; hepcat "addict of swing music" is from 1938.

hep  (2)
cry of those leading pogroms or attacks on Jews in Europe, 1839 (but in ref. to the riots of 1819 in Hamburg, etc.), perhaps the cry of a goatherd, or of a hunter urging on dogs, but popularly said to be acronym of L. Hierosolyma Est Perdita "Jerusalem is destroyed."

hip  (interjection)
exclamation used to introduce a united cheer (cf. hip-hip-hurrah), 1827, earlier hep, cf. Ger. hepp, to animals a cry to attack, to mobs a cry to attack Jews (see hep (2)); perhaps a natural sound (cf. L. eho, heus).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: hip
Pronunciation: 'hip
Function: noun
1 : the laterally projecting region of each side of the lower or posterior part of the mammaliantrunk formed by the lateral parts of the pelvis and upper part of the femur together with the fleshy parts covering them
2 : HIP JOINT
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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Medical Dictionary

hip (hĭp)
n.

  1. The lateral prominence of the pelvis from the waist to the thigh.

  2. The hip joint.

The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary
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Computing Dictionary

HEP
High Energy (Particle) Physics.

The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing, © 1993-2007 Denis Howe
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Abbreviations & Acronyms
Hep
hepatitus
The American Heritage® Abbreviations Dictionary, Third Edition
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