hep

Etymology 1
Shortening.

Noun

 * 1)  hepatitis.

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.

Noun

 * 1)  A hip of a rose; a rosehip.

Etymology 3
US slang of or disputed origin, first recorded 1903. Robert Gold suggested that it is a variant of, from white jazz fans’ mishearing African American musicians. Jonathon Green suggests a connection to a 19th century interjection used to drive horses; compare.

Adjective

 * 1)  Aware, up-to-date.
 * 2)  Cool, hip, sophisticated.
 * 1)  Cool, hip, sophisticated.

Verb

 * 1)  To make aware of.

Etymology 5
From or, an interjection used to attack Jewish people. The origin of the German source is unknown, but may come from a goatherd’s call.

Etymology
From, related to.

Noun

 * 1) furrow, scratch

Etymology
From, from , from , from , from. Cognate to 🇨🇬.

Preposition

 * 1) without

Etymology
Perhaps originally used with horses (in the sense "giddyup"), in which case possibly a shortening of ; compare also.

Interjection
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 * 1) go! in ready, set, go

Etymology
From.

Adverb

 * 1) altogether
 * 2) always

Usage notes
This adverb can function as a pronoun, taking several possessive forms:, , and, irregularly, for the third person singular,. These forms may then also take case endings, just like regular pronouns.