Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A performer or devotee of swing and jazz, especially during the 1940s.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun slang One who performs jazz music.
- noun slang A person who is hep or hip; same as
hipster ; -- an older term becoming dated and less used.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun informal, music A
jazz performer , especially one from the 1940s and 1950s. - noun informal A person associated with the jazz
subculture of the 1940s and 1950s; ahipster .
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Examples
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The OED isn't much help; it traces the word back to the 1940s and offers "hepcat" as its rough equivalent.
Why do people hate hipsters? Alex Rayner 2010
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When asked if he used Persian Cats in the movie's title as an allusion to American hipster vernacular -- "hepcat," "cool cat" -- Ghobadi said he was unaware of the terms.
Movie City News 2010
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Obaid Karki "hepcat" DiehartPaulite Libertarian Underdog Diogenesist Spinoziste Qutbist
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Obaid Karki "hepcat" DiehartPaulite Libertarian Underdog
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