hepcat

noun

hep·​cat ˈhep-ˌkat How to pronounce hepcat (audio)
: hipster

Examples of hepcat in a Sentence

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Her father, Louis Vadala, was a jazz drummer who styled himself as a free-ranging hepcat. — Margaret Talbot, The New Yorker, 18 Mar. 2024 But most of all, Schoolhouse Rock got the music right, with jazz hepcats like Bob Dorough and Blossom Dearie. — Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 14 June 2025 The role of San Francisco hepcat Sammy Fong, played by Jack Soo in the movie, was played by Larry Blyden on Broadway. — Michael Phillips, chicagotribune.com, 17 June 2021 Somehow the greasy nerd who used to give Gilda Radner noogies on Saturday Night Live in 1979 has become a hepcat Sinatra. — Kyle Smith, National Review, 25 Oct. 2020 Modigliani did indeed know Picasso, Gertrude Stein, Jean Cocteau, Juan Gris and all those early 20th century Parisian avant-garde hepcats. — Leslie Felperin, The Hollywood Reporter, 24 Sep. 2024

Word History

First Known Use

1936, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of hepcat was in 1936

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“Hepcat.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hepcat. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.

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