hep — ozdic

Collocations

4

VERB + HEP

put

HEP + NOUN

combination, wilbert-phyllis

PREP.

on, with

ADV.

quite

Definitions

noun

1

hepatitis.

2

Abbreviation of high-energy physics.

noun

1

A hip of a rose; a rosehip.

adj

1

Aware, up-to-date.

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

Cool, hip, sophisticated.

And I was struck to notice that though the band was only Jumble imitation of our style, it was quite a hep combination, with some feel of the beat, not like those dreadful records of the English bands I'd heard back home which never can play slow, and never can play easy to the limbs.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

adjective — informed about the latest trends

hip

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

Example Bank

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01

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.

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02

And I was struck to notice that though the band was only Jumble imitation of our style, it was quite a hep combination, with some feel of the beat, not like those dreadful records of the English bands

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03

I hepped him to the situation.

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04

Hep, two, three four! Hep, two, three four!

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05

Let us hope that the modern “Hep-Hep” cry of Antisemitism of to-day will be accompanied by a similar level of Judaism.

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Usage Notes

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In some senses, hep is marked as informal, obsolete, dated, slang, US. Watch for register when choosing this word.