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Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun See hip.
  • noun An obsolete form of heap.
  • A quick explosive utterance, leading to a sonorous outburst, urging men or horses to more rapid action.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun See hip, the fruit of the dog-rose.
  • adjective Same as hip, a., but older and now less frequently used.
  • interjection A call used by drill instructors to count cadence during marching; used identically to hut and hup.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • abbreviation informal Short form of hepatitis.
  • initialism High-energy physics.
  • noun obsolete A hip of a rose; a rosehip.
  • adjective dated, US slang aware, up-to-date
  • adjective dated, US slang cool, hip

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • adjective informed about the latest trends

Etymologies

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Alteration of hip

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US underworld slang of Unknown origin, first recorded 1908.

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Examples

  • Skimming the headlines in hep-ex, you can just ignore anything with “unparticle” or “New limits on [unmotivated model] - type models” in the title.

    Why RSS+arXiv=Awesome « Imaginary Potential 2008

  • i reckon that since 'hep' is an older form of 'hip' that your blog is in fact a kind of coralling device for either:

    My very first post! MadeleineS 2007

  • The phrase "are you hip?" appeared in the 1904 novel Jim Hickey by George Hobart, while "hep" was established enough by 1908 for the Saturday Evening Post puzzling as to whether you could "find anybody left in the world who isn't hep."

    Save The Hipster! 2010

  • One of the most 'hep 'happening' place to be in, it can boast of auditoriums, multiplex theatres, malls, super markets, 5 star hotels, great jogging tracks, scenic promenades, etc.

    Archive 2009-11-01 photographerno1 2009

  • To me, it sounds like they're tryin' to sound like 'hep' with-it tough chix.

    Psychos Lindsay Stewart 2008

  • To me, it sounds like they're tryin' to sound like 'hep' with-it tough chix.

    Psychos Lindsay Stewart 2008

  • The summa comedica of "hep" humor is Syd Caesar's "Progress Formsby" routine, available on DVD.

    "Dig It! Give Me Two Slices!" Slimbolala 2005

  • I must be perpetually thick when it comes to "hep" humor (I'll probably get it sometime next week).

    "Dig It! Give Me Two Slices!" Slimbolala 2005

  • You know that commercial for the "hep," "cool," and "edgily apostophred" Amp'd Mobile, the one where a father sends his reluctant son off to do an extreme sports bike trick on a ramp, only to have the kid fall off the ramp halfway while fireworks flare?

    Amp'd Mobile Commercial 2006

  • You know that commercial for the "hep," "cool," and "edgily apostophred" Amp'd Mobile, the one where a father sends his reluctant son off to do an extreme sports bike trick on a ramp, only to have the kid fall off the ramp halfway while fireworks flare?

    Archive 2006-12-01 2006

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  • garyth123 commented on the word hep

    When it was hip to be hep I was hep. Dave Frishberg.

    January 8, 2009

  • ruzuzu commented on the word hep

    "It is also distinguished by the broad and open corolla of five obovate petals, numerous stamens in many rows, and many free carpels each with one pendulous ovule, a ventral style, and a somewhat dilated stigma, and each forming in fruit a one-seeded bony achene, the whole mass of achenes inclosed in a fleshy fruiting receptacle, known as the hip or hep."

    --from the Century Dictionary definition for Rosa.

    April 18, 2011