hep
[adjective]
Synonyms: wise, canny, knowing, nimble-witted, quick, quick-witted, sharp, sharp-witted, slick, smart

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hep adjective. [hɛp] slang. E20.
[Origin unkn. Cf. HIP adjective, verb³.]
= HIP adjective
hep-cat = hip-cat s.v. HIP adjective.
■ S. Selvon Tall Boy, I always thought you was hep, that you on the ball.

■ hepster noun = hep-cat above (cf. HIPSTER noun¹) M20.

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hep interjection. [hɛp] M19.
[Perh. from the initials of Latin Hierosolyma Est Perdita (Jerusalem is destroyed).]
Usu. redupl. hep! hep! Used by (German) persecutors of Jews in the 19th cent.

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hep noun¹. [hɛp] slang. E20.
[from the adjective.]
The state of being hep; something that is hep.

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hep verb trans. [hɛp] Infl. -pp-. M20.
[from the adjective.]
Pep up.

■ hepped ppl adjective (a) pepped up; (b) (foll. by on) enthusiastic about: M20.

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