hep

old timey black-american slang meaning hip, cool. used alot by cab calloway as in "are you hep to the jive?". i have that CD, by the way.

by dagger_grrl November 1, 2003

hep

someone who knows the score. someone who understands 'jive talk'. someone who is 'with it'. the expression is not subject to definition because, if you don't 'dig' what it means, no one can ever tell you.

he was hep to the New York junk scene, so he could score for it easily.

by pleased to meet you April 26, 2006

hep!

1. word expressing excitment or joy. 2. Also said when something has been accomplished. 3. said before embarking apon a great adventure or quest. 4. can be randomly blerted out at any moment for shear laughter.

1. Heeeeeeeeeeeeeeep! *action* Throwing something. 2. Hep! Lets go to the mall.

by Mike Strelow July 1, 2005

hep

The word that birthed the term "hip". Largely used by black Rude Boys and hipsters in Jamaica and the United Kingdom in the late 50's and early 60's, and is sometimes associated with ska.

Reel Big Fish is not hep, my friend.
Desmond Dekker is hep.

by ModSoulBrother September 4, 2006

hep

this word once meant what "hip" came to mean, and what "phat" or "tha bomb" means today

That cat playing on the bongos is hep, man!

by David October 31, 2003

hep-hep

male jail bait

That guy is a hep-hep, be careful.

by heps February 21, 2011

hep

Black word for "help".

Asking for a loan: "I come to see iffin you could hep me wit a piece of money."

At a funeral after shouting at the corpse, fake fainting and lots of fanning, singing, dancing and generally enjoying oneself: "Hep me, Jesus! Hep me!"

by Agnes Henderson March 26, 2007