[ adj ] informed about the latest trends <adj.all>
Hip \Hip\, n. [OE. hepe, AS. he['o]pe; 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}.]
{Hip tree} (Bot.), the dog-rose.
hip \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. [PJC]
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. [PJC]
hep \hep\ (h[e^]p), n. See {Hip}, the fruit of the dog-rose.
hep \hep\ (h[e^]p), a. Same as {Hip}, a., but older and now less frequently used. [PJC]
hep \hep\ (h[e^]p), interj. A call used by drill instructors to count cadence during marching; used identically to {hut} and {hup}. [PJC]