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hep adjective- aware US, 1903
- While she’d been hep to the play, it had only been curiosity on her part. — Chester Himes, If He Hollers Let Him Go, p. 170, 1945
- These older girls, knowing I was hep to sex, trusted me not to tell on them. — Ethel Waters, His Eye is on the Sparrow, p. 44, 1951
- As the days rolled on I commenced getting hep to the jive. — Louis Armstrong, Satchmo: My Life in New Orleans, p. 192, 1954
- [L]ike I’d never heard anywhere and which bore resemblance to Bartok modern chords but were hep wise to bop[.] — Jack Kerouac, The Subterraneans, p. 67, 1958
- I guess all of you already know just about what I’m going to say, but you’re not really hep to what the rewards are going to be. — Donald Goines, Black Gangster, p. 25, 1977
- in step with the latest fashion, latest music and latest slang US, 1942
- On December 1st LuAnne arrived here; she was quite changed, affected a more sophisticated air, came on hep and moved with improved poise. — Neal Cassady, Neal Cassady Collected Letters 1944–1967, p. 66, 25 December 1947: Letter to Jack Kerouac
- Walters didn’t want to open a typical New York cafe, appealing to the “smart” set and the heavy spenders and the “hep” crowd. — Robert Sylvester, No Cover Charge, p. 28, 1956
- “Don’t mind Eddie. He’s hep.” — Wade Hunter, The Sex Peddler, p. 99, 1963
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