hep vs hip what difference
what is difference between hep and hip
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /hɛp/
- Rhymes: -ɛp
Etymology 1
Shortening.
Noun
hep (uncountable)
- (informal) hepatitis.
- Abbreviation of high-energy physics.
Usage notes
- Mainly used in the names of varieties of hepatitis, such as hep A, hep B, hep C, hep D, and hep E.
Etymology 2
Alteration of hip.
Noun
hep (plural heps)
- (obsolete) A hip of a rose; a rosehip.
Etymology 3
US slang of unknown or disputed origin, first recorded 1903. Robert Gold suggested that it is a variant of hip, from white jazz fans’ mishearing African American musicians,. Jonathon Green suggests a connection to a 19th century interjection used to drive horses; compare gee up.
Adjective
hep (comparative more hep, superlative most hep)
- (dated, US slang) Aware, up-to-date.
- (dated, US slang) Cool, hip, sophisticated.
Derived terms
- hepcat
- hepster
- hip
Verb
hep (third-person singular simple present heps, present participle hepping, simple past and past participle hepped)
- (dated, US slang) To make aware of.
Etymology 4
From German hep or Hepp-Hepp, an interjection used to attack Jewish people. The origin of the German source is unknown, but may come from a goatherd’s call.
Interjection
hep
- (historical) A rallying cry in attacks on the Jewish people.
Noun
hep (uncountable)
- (usually reduplicated) An instance of crying hep!, especially as a call to attack Jewish people.
References
Anagrams
- Eph, Eph., HPE, PHE, peh
Albanian
Etymology
From Proto-Albanian *skapa, related to hap.
Noun
hep f (indefinite plural hepa, definite singular hepi, definite plural hepat)
- furrow, scratch
References
Related terms
- hap
Breton
Etymology
From Proto-Celtic *sekʷo, from Proto-Indo-European *sekʷ- (“follow”). Cognate to Welsh heb
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /hep/
Preposition
hep
- without
Finnish
Etymology
Perhaps originally used with horses (in the sense “giddyup”), in which case possibly a shortening of hepo; compare also hop.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈhep/, [ˈhe̞p]
- Rhymes: -ep
- Syllabification: hep
Interjection
hep!
- (colloquial) go! (in ready, set, go)
- (colloquial) used as a generic interjection to express desire or surprise or to attract attention to what is said after
Turkish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /hɛp/
Adverb
hep
- altogether
- always
Usage notes
This adverb can function as a pronoun, taking several possessive forms: hepimiz (“all of us”), hepiniz (“all of you”), and, irregularly, for the third person singular, hepsi (“all of it”). These forms may then also take case endings, just like regular pronouns.
Related terms
- hep beraber
- hep birlikte
English
Pronunciation
- enPR: hĭp, IPA(key): /hɪp/
- Rhymes: -ɪp
Etymology 1
From Middle English hipe, hupe, from Old English hype, from Proto-Germanic *hupiz (compare Dutch heup, Low German Huop, German Hüfte), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱewb- (compare Welsh cysgu (“to sleep”), Latin cubāre (“to lie”), Ancient Greek κύβος (kúbos, “hollow in the hips”), Albanian sup (“shoulder”), Sanskrit शुप्ति (śúpti, “shoulder”)), from *ḱew- (“to bend”). More at high. The sense “drug addict” derives from addicts lying on their hips while using certain drugs such as opium.
Noun
hip (plural hips)
- (anatomy) The outward-projecting parts of the pelvis and top of the femur and the overlying tissue.
- The inclined external angle formed by the intersection of two sloping roof planes.
- In a bridge truss, the place where an inclined end post meets the top chord.
- (slang, possibly dated) A drug addict, especially someone addicted to a narcotic like heroin.
- 1953, William Burroughs, Junkie:
- Ike explained to me that the Mexican government issued permits to hips allowing them a definite quantity of morphine per month at wholesale prices.
- 1953, William Burroughs, Junkie:
Derived terms
Translations
Verb
hip (third-person singular simple present hips, present participle hipping, simple past and past participle hipped)
- (chiefly sports) To use one’s hips to bump into someone.
- (wrestling) To throw (one’s adversary) over one’s hip (“cross-buttock”).
- To dislocate or sprain the hip of, to fracture or injure the hip bone of (a quadruped) in such a manner as to produce a permanent depression of that side.
- To make with a hip or hips, as a roof.
Etymology 2
From Middle English hepe, heppe, hipe, from Old English hēope, from Proto-Germanic *heupǭ (compare Dutch joop, German Hiefe, Faroese hjúpa), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱewb- (“briar, thorn”) (compare Old Prussian kaāubri (“thorn”), Lithuanian kaubrė̃ (“heap”)).
Noun
hip (plural hips)
- The fruit of a rose.
- 1595, George Peele, The Old Wives’ Tale, The Malone Society Reprints, 1908, lines 175-178,[2]
- 1. BROTHER. […] What doo you gather there?
- OLD MAN. Hips and Hawes, and stickes and strawes, and thinges that I gather on the ground my sonne.
- c. 1607, William Shakespeare, Timon of Athens, Act IV, Scene 3,[3]
- The oaks bear mast, the briars scarlet hips;
- The bounteous housewife, Nature, on each bush
- Lays her full mess before you.
- 1595, George Peele, The Old Wives’ Tale, The Malone Society Reprints, 1908, lines 175-178,[2]
Derived terms
- rosehip
Translations
Etymology 3
Unknown or disputed. Probably a variant of hep; both forms are attested from the first decade of the 20th century. Some sources suggest derivation from Wolof hepi (“to see”) or hipi (“to open one’s eyes”). Others suggest connection to the noun, as opium smokers were said to lie on a hip. Neither of these suggestions is widely accepted, however.
Adjective
hip (comparative hipper, superlative hippest)
- (slang) Aware, informed, up-to-date, trendy. [from early 20th c., popularized in 1960s]
- Rudolph promoted Stevens Pass with restless zeal. In seven years there, he helped turn a relatively small, roadside ski area into a hip destination.
Synonyms
- cool, groovy
Translations
Verb
hip (third-person singular simple present hips, present participle hipping, simple past and past participle hipped)
- (transitive, slang) To inform, to make knowledgeable.
Related terms
- hipster
- hippy
- hippie
See also
- hip-hop
Etymology 4
Interjection
hip
- An exclamation to invoke a united cheer: hip hip hooray.
References
Anagrams
- PHI, PIH, phi
Albanian
Alternative forms
- hyp
Etymology
From Proto-Albanian *skūpa, from Proto-Indo-European *skewbʰ- (“to push”). Compare German schieben (“to push”), English shove, Lithuanian skùbti (“to hurry”).
Verb
hip (first-person singular past tense hipa, participle hipur)
- I get on, ride, straddle
- I rise, go up, climb into
Related terms
- humb
Dutch
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: hip
Adjective
hip (comparative hiper, superlative hipst)
- genteel (stylish, elegant)
- fashionable (characteristic of or influenced by a current popular trend or style)
Synonyms
- modieus
Slovene
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /xíːp/
Noun
hȋp m inan
- moment