hep

hep

slang Versed in current trends; cool and sophisticated. An older variant of "hip." I can't go talk to those sax players—they're some hep cats!

hepped up

1. slang Very excited or energetic. We played some rap music to get hepped up before the big game.
2. slang Feeling the effects of some substance, often (but not always) an illicit drug. His behavior has been so strange that I'm starting to wonder if he's hepped up on pills. Mom, thanks for watching the kids, but please don't get them all hepped up on sugar. I'm all hepped up after three coffees, so let's do this!
See also: hep, up

hepped up on (something)

slang Feeling the effects of a particular substance, often (but not always) an illicit drug. I'm all hepped up on caffeine and ready to work on this project! His behavior has been so strange that I'm starting to wonder if he's hepped up on pills. Mom, thanks for watching the kids, but please don't get them all hepped up on sugar.
See also: hep, on, up
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

*hepped (up)

Sl. to be intoxicated. (*Typically: be ~ get ∼.) Wally is a little too hepped up to drive home. Harry's too hepped to stand up.
See also: hep
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.

hep

(hɛp)
mod. aware; informed; savvy. The chick is simply not hep.

hepped (up)

mod. alcohol intoxicated. Willy is a little too hepped up to drive home.
See also: hep, up

hepped

verb
See hepped up
See also: hep
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
See also:
  • be well versed in (something)
  • versed
  • take the Michael (out of someone or something)
  • take the mike (out of someone or something)
  • all piss and wind
  • all talk and no trousers
  • all mouth and trousers
  • nicca
  • nikka
  • all mouth and no trousers
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Untreated, Hep C can lead to permanent liver scarring - cirrhosis - or liver cancer.
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The presence of Hep in the compound was attributed at the distinctive peak at 1.998 ppm.
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As all these infections are transmitted mostly by blood and blood products and especially Hep C which is transmitted only by blood and its components, it is very important to conduct proper donor recruitment and selection.
Study of prevalence of seropositivity in multi-transfused thalassemia patients--a hospital based study
In 2013-14, BHEL had secured the orders for 206 MW Shahpur Kandi HEP in Punjab and 120 MW Vyasi HEP in Uttarakhand, against stiff international competition.
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The 570 MW Wangchu HEP will be developed in a joint venture between SJVN Ltd.
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Following the analysis it was discovered that the blood had been labelled wrongly, that it was infected with Hep B and destroyed.
Litany of mistakes in Hep B case
Our children and I regularly visited a local assisted living facility so I decided to check out the requirements to certify Hep as a therapy dog via Therapy Dogs International.
Multi-purpose Labrador
Hep B is more common in certain countries so if you're going abroad talk to your GP about getting vaccinated against the virus.
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Focusing on Eliot's last novel, Daniel Deronda (1876), Himmelfarb (emeritus, Graduate School, City U., New York) portrays the historical backdrop against which a Victorian-era, non- Jewish woman (born Mary Anne Evans) wrote sympathetically about "the Jewish question." She discusses Eliot's unconventional life, British anti-Semitism of the times, critical reception of this work (and the related essay "Hep! Hep!
The Jewish odyssey of George Eliot
The quality assurance process entails three main criteria: the home higher education provider (HEP) and its programmes must be approved by the official higher education system of the home campus; the standards used at the place-of-origin to achieve accreditation must be acceptable to Dubai and the international higher education community; and there must be evidence that the quality of an HEP branch and its programmes are equivalent with its home HEP and programmes.
Foreign Varsities under Quality Assurance Review
In actuality all adults should be vaccinated for hep A and B, not just those traveling abroad.
Travel advice from a gay nurse
The 105 mm is capable of firing four types of rounds: SABOT, a depleted-uranium armor-piercing round; HEAT, high-explosive anti-tank; HEP, high-explosive plastic; and a canister round.
Army News Service (Aug. 29, 2006): Stryker teams train with new vehicles
I'm a Hep C-positive convict at a California state prison.
Pay now or pay later
Prof Williams, of University College, London, said hep B "represents a major pool of unrecognised infection."
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