单词 | hipcat |
释义 | hipcatn. slang (originally U.S.). Now somewhat dated, and chiefly humorous. A person, esp. a man, who is hip (hip adj.). Cf. hepcat n. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > fashionableness > [noun] > following of fashion > follower of fashion fashion-monger1598 fashionist?1624 à la mode1651 modist1662 high-stepper1852 hipcat1937 stilyaga1955 swinger1965 trendy1968 voguie1973 trendoid1985 hipster1989 society > leisure > the arts > music > music appreciation > music lover > [noun] > of jazz jazzbo1917 jazzer1917 jazzophile1926 cat1932 alligator1936 hepcat1937 hipcat1937 jitterbug1937 hepster1938 hipster1938 hippie1948 1937 Chicago Defender 6 Mar. 21/4 The party of cafe goers and..hip cats. 1944 D. Burley Orig. Handbk. Harlem Jive 64 I thought you were a solid hipcat. 1959 C. MacInnes Absolute Beginners 164 It was like getting a hip cat into a symphony concert, but I succeeded. 1973 C. Himes Black on Black 199 I'm a hipcat from way back. 1994 High Life (Brit. Airways) Nov. 112/1 There'll be hipcats and headbangers, beatniks and bikers, greasers and Goths. 2013 Evening Standard (Nexis) 4 Feb. 31 The hipcats of east London are moving into Kentish Town. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1937 |
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