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   hep (hĕp), n. See Hip, the fruit of the dog-rose.
   
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   hep (hĕp), a. Same as Hip, a., but older and now less frequently used.
   
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   hep (hĕp), interj. A call used by drill instructors to count cadence during marching; used identically to hut and hup.
   
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   Hip (?), n. [OE. hepe, AS. heópe; cf. OHG. hiufo a bramble bush.] (Bot.) The fruit of a rosebush, especially of the English dog-rose (Rosa canina); called also rose hip. [Written also hop, hep.]
   
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   Hip tree (Bot.), the dog-rose.
   
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   hip, a.
   1. Aware of the latest ideas, trends, fashions, and developments in popular music and entertainment culture; not square; -- same as hep.
   
   Syn. -- tuned in.
   
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   2. Aware of the latest fashions and behaving as expected socially, especially in clothing style and musical taste; exhibiting an air of casual sophistication; cool; with it; -- used mostly among young people in the teens to twenties.
   
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