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hep

 (hĕp)
adj. Slang
Variant of hip2.
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hep

(hɛp)
adj, hepper or heppest
slang an earlier word for hip4

hep

(hɛp)
n
(Pathology) short for hepatitis
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hep1

(hɛp)

adj. Older Slang.
hip 4.
[1905–10, Amer.]

hep2

(hʌt, hʌp, hɛp)

interj.
one (used in counting cadence while marching).
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Adj.1.hep - informed about the latest trends
hip, hip to
colloquialism - a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech
informed - having much knowledge or education; "an informed public"; "informed opinion"; "the informed customer"
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Her husband calls her 'Hep,' and she doesn't like it.
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He's hep. He's beaten me to it an' blocked it with his shoulder a thousan' times.
I guess you're hep to what a few more years in the laundry'll do to you.
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I want to highlight the importance of getting tested for hep C so that if you have a positive diagnosis, you can be treated and cured.
Treatment is there if you think you may have hepatitis C; Susan Webb, director of public health for NHS Grampian, advises on keeping fit and healthy on your farm or croft
Mehlman joined HEP full-time in 2012 after interning at the firm for two years while attending Columbia Business School.
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HEP has been developed after two decades of EEG's experience working with the hospitality industry internationally, helping them reduce their utility expenses and ecological footprint.
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In her letter, she congratulates Boyle on the Trainspotting sequel but said: "As a representative of the only UK-wide charity for Hep C, it would be remiss of me not to ask you to contact your main characters and urge them to now be tested for Hep C."
Choose a Hep C test; PLEA CHARITY WORKER DISEASE WARNING Choose life. Choose treatment for a virus that's curable and treatable. Choose not to be one of the 36,000 Scots who have it. Choose a letter to Danny Boyle to raise awareness
Among the blood transmissible diseases, Hep B and Hep C (both caused by viruses of the family Hepadnaviridae), HIV, and syphilis (caused by Treponemapallidum subsp.
Study of prevalence of seropositivity in multi-transfused thalassemia patients--a hospital based study
HEP conducted an open season for expansion capacity on the Nueva Era Pipeline that closed Sept.
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15 hydroelectric power (HEP) projects with a total capacity of 288 megawatts.
AQA Global receives grant of 15 hydro projects from DOE

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