Hep

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -É›p

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noun

1. (informal) Short form of hepatitis.

Usage notes

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

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noun

1. High-energy physics.

Alteration of hip

Full definition of hep

Noun

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

US underworld slang of Unknown origin, first recorded 1908.

Adjective

1. (dated, US slang) aware, up-to-date
• 1960, P. G. Wodehouse, Jeeves in the Offing, 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

Derived terms

• hepcat
• hip

Anagrams

• Eph.