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hepcat
English
Alternative forms
- hep cat, hep-cat
Etymology
From hep +? cat, from hep (“sophisticated, aware”). Compare cat (“jazz enthusiast”). Attested in the sense of “sophisticated person” from the 1920s.
Noun
hepcat (plural hepcats)
- (informal, music) A jazz performer, especially one from the 1940s and 1950s.
- (informal, dated, now often humorous) A person associated with the jazz subculture of the 1940s and 1950s.
- Synonym: hepster
- (informal, dated) A sophisticated person, one who is stylish.
See also
- beatnik
- bebopper
- cool cat
References
Anagrams
- paceth
hepcat From the web:
hep
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /h?p/
- Rhymes: -?p
Etymology 1
Shortening.
Noun
hep (uncountable)
- (informal) hepatitis.
- Abbreviation of high-energy physics.
Usage notes
- Mainly used in the names of varieties of hepatitis, such as hep A, hep B, hep C, hep D, and hep E.
Etymology 2
Alteration of hip.
Noun
hep (plural heps)
- (obsolete) A hip of a rose; a rosehip.
Etymology 3
US slang of unknown or disputed origin, first recorded 1903. Robert Gold suggested that it is a variant of hip, from white jazz fans’ mishearing African American musicians, but hep is attested earlier than hip. Jonathon Green suggests a connection to a 19th century interjection used to drive horses; compare gee up.
Adjective
hep (comparative more hep, superlative most hep)
- (dated, US slang) Aware, up-to-date.
- (dated, US slang) Cool, hip, sophisticated.
Derived terms
- hepcat
- hepster
- hip
Verb
hep (third-person singular simple present heps, present participle hepping, simple past and past participle hepped)
- (dated, US slang) To make aware of.
Etymology 4
From German hep or Hepp-Hepp, an interjection used to attack Jewish people. The origin of the German source is unknown, but may come from a goatherd’s call.
Interjection
hep
- (historical) A rallying cry in attacks on the Jewish people.
Noun
hep (uncountable)
- (usually reduplicated) An instance of crying hep!, especially as a call to attack Jewish people.
References
Anagrams
- Eph, Eph., HPE, peh
Albanian
Etymology
From Proto-Albanian *skapa, related to hap.
Noun
hep f (indefinite plural hepa, definite singular hepi, definite plural hepat)
- furrow, scratch
References
Related terms
- hap
Breton
Etymology
From Proto-Celtic *sek?o, from Proto-Indo-European *sek?- (“follow”). Cognate to Welsh heb
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /hep/
Preposition
hep
- without
Finnish
Etymology
Perhaps originally used with horses (in the sense "giddyup"), in which case possibly a shortening of hepo; ocmpare also hop.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?hep/, [?he?p]
- Rhymes: -ep
- Syllabification: hep
Interjection
hep!
- (colloquial) go! (in ready, set, go)
- (colloquial) used as a generic interjection to express desire or surprise or to attract attention to what is said after
Turkish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /h?p/
Adverb
hep
- altogether
- always
Usage notes
This adverb can function as a pronoun, taking several possessive forms: hepimiz (“all of us”), hepiniz (“all of you”), and, irregularly, for the third person singular, hepsi (“all of it”). These forms may then also take case endings, just like regular pronouns.
Related terms
- hep beraber
- hep birlikte
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