hepcat

American  

[hep-kat] / ˈhɛpˌkæt /

noun

Older Slang.

1. a performer or admirer of jazz, especially swing.

2. a person who is hep; hipster.

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hepcat British  

/ ˈhɛpˌkæt /

noun

1. obsolete a person who is hep, esp a player or admirer of jazz and swing in the 1940s

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Etymology

Origin of hepcat

An Americanism dating back to 1930–35; hep ¹ + cat ( def. )

Example Sentences

With his shaggy hair, hepcat beard and racy poems touching on British youth’s anxieties, dreams of freedom and lust, he was hailed as Britain’s answer to Allen Ginsberg and Jack Kerouac, which raised eyebrows among some guardians of traditional British values.

From New York Times

Hepcat Tattoos in Glasgow is one of the "close contact businesses" that will be reopening for the first time in four months.

From BBC

He established letters pages to communicate with readers, his side of the discussion bopping with hepcat lingo.

From Washington Post

Samplings of shorts starring Droopy and Screwy Squirrel are joined by some classic one-offs, including Avery’s masterpiece “Red Hot Riding Hood,” featuring a va-voom Little Red and a hepcat Big Bad Wolf.

From Los Angeles Times

Sebastian — Seb, if you’re a hepcat — drives a creaky but reliable brown Buick Riviera convertible with a cassette deck, wears spectator shoes and rehearses a mournful piano figure ad nauseam.

From New York Times