Meaning of Hepcat | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A jazz performer, especially one from the 1940s and 1950s.
   informal
2. A person associated with the jazz subculture of the 1940s and 1950s.
   dated, humorous, informal, often
3. A sophisticated person, one who is stylish.
   dated, informal

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Examples

“Everybody is asking, Why is Harry such a solid sender? Well, hear⟳ my version. As you are seated or are trying to stay⟳ seated you feel⟳ that sensation that hits every hep-cat. First your feet get⟳ the sensation, then it runs up your leg and you start⟳ to keep⟳ time to the music with your feet and you feel⟳ like⟳ getting up and jiving to that fine music that comes out of the magic trumpet of Harry James.”

“Leaders of the eight or nine name⟳ dance⟳ bands, who can throw⟳ a cordon of jitterbugging youths around any big city's theatre on a half hour's notice⟳, are not complaining aloud these days, but privately they admit⟳ that “government competition” is having a lot to do with their ability to get⟳ it hot or sweet to suit⟳ the mood of the hepcats.”

“Finally the door opens and out comes Alex Aums in a sharp blue suit⟳, like⟳ a hepcat, cigarette in mouth, squinting at us narrow-eyed, “O there you are,” to me, “how’ve you been? Wont^([sic]) you come⟳ in?” indicating the office.”

“Today he’s [Hugh Hefner is] just a sleazy oldster, but in the beginning he was a faux philosopher, preaching a gospel cribbed from bohemia and various Freudian enemies of repression, in which the blessed pursuit of promiscuity was the human birthright. But really a male birthright, for a certain kind of man: The sort⟳ of hep cat who loved inviting the ladies back to his pad “for a quiet discussion on Picasso, Nietzsche, jazz, sex.””

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