hep in the Oxford Spanish Dictionary

Translations for hep in the English»Spanish Dictionary

hep <comp hepper, superl heppest> [Am hɛp, Brit hɛp] ADJ sl, dated

hep → hip

See also hip⁴, hip³, hip², hip¹

hip⁴ INTERJ

hip, hip, hooray or hurrah!

¡hurra!

hip, hip, hooray or hurrah!

¡viva!

hip³ <comp hipper, superl hippest> ADJ sl, dated

hip

'in' adj inv inf, dated

hip

en la onda inf

she's really hip to what's going on

está muy en la onda de lo que ocurre inf

hip² [Am hɪp, Brit hɪp] N BOT

hip usu pl

escaramujo m

hips and haws

escaramujos y espinos

hip¹ [Am hɪp, Brit hɪp] N

1. hip:

hip

cadera f

with one's hands on one's hips

con los brazos en jarras

to be broad/narrow in the hip(s)

ser ancho/estrecho de cadera(s)

to shoot from the hip inf

no tener pelos en la lengua inf

to shoot from the hip lit (with pistol)

disparar sin apuntar

to shoot from the hip attr size/measurement

de caderas

to be joined at the hip inf

ser uña y carne

to be joined at the hip inf

ser carne y uña RioPl

to be joined at the hip inf

ser uña y mugre hum

2. hip (joint):

hip

cadera f

they fitted him with a plastic hip

le pusieron una cadera de plástico

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

A large buzzard in a hep cat hairdo spots the troupe using his eyes which can extend and adjust to focus like binoculars.

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Rocky made many wise remarks, using hep slang of the times, and seemed to attract trouble wherever he went.

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