hep

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English [edit]

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Etymology 1 [edit]

Abbreviation [edit]

hep

  1. (informal) Short form of hepatitis.
Usage notes [edit]

Hep is used only in the names of varieties of hepatitis, such as hep A, hep B, hep C, hep D, and hep E.

Initialism [edit]

hep

  1. High-energy physics.

Etymology 2 [edit]

Alteration of hip

Noun [edit]

hep (plural heps)

  1. (obsolete) A hip of a rose; a rosehip.

Etymology 3 [edit]

US underworld slang of Unknown origin, first recorded 1908.

Adjective [edit]

hep (comparative more hep, superlative most hep)

  1. (dated, US slang) aware, up-to-date
    • 1960, P. G. Wodehouse, Jeeves in the Offing, chapter IX:
      I was pleased, as I put him hep on the Wilbert-Phyllis situation and revealed the part he was expected to play in it, to note that he showed no signs of being about to issue the presidential veto.
  2. (dated, US slang) cool, hip
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Preposition [edit]

hep

  1. without
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