'hep' definitions:
Definition of 'hep'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Informed about the latest trends [syn: hep, hip, hip to(p)]
Definition of 'hep'
From: GCIDE
- hip \hip\, a.
- 1. Aware of the latest ideas, trends, fashions, and developments in popular music and entertainment culture; not square; -- same as hep.
- Syn: tuned in. [PJC]
- 2. Aware of the latest fashions and behaving as expected socially, especially in clothing style and musical taste; exhibiting an air of casual sophistication; cool; with it; -- used mostly among young people in the teens to twenties. [PJC]
Definition of 'hep'
From: GCIDE
- Hip \Hip\, n. [OE. hepe, AS. he['o]pe; cf. OHG. hiufo a bramble bush.] (Bot.) The fruit of a rosebush, especially of the English dog-rose (Rosa canina); called also rose hip. [Written also hop, hep.] [1913 Webster]
- Hip tree (Bot.), the dog-rose. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'hep'
From: GCIDE
- hep \hep\ (h[e^]p), n. See Hip, the fruit of the dog-rose. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'hep'
From: GCIDE
- hep \hep\ (h[e^]p), a. Same as Hip, a., but older and now less frequently used. [PJC]
Definition of 'hep'
From: GCIDE
Synonyms of 'hep'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- alive to,
- appreciative of,
- apprised of,
- awake to,
- aware of,
- behind the curtain,
- behind the scenes,
- canny,
- cognizant of,
- conscious of,
- hep to,
- in the know,
- in the secret,
- informed of,
- knowing,
- let into,
- mindful of,
- nimble-witted,
- no stranger to,
- on to,
- privy to,
- quick,
- quick-witted,
- seized of,
- sensible of,
- sensible to,
- sharp,
- sharp-witted,
- slick,
- smart,
- streetwise,
- undeceived,
- wise to