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New Hepsters Dict. in Calloway (1976) 260: v-8 (n.): a chick who spurns company, is independent, is not amenable.at V-8, n.
New Hepsters Dict. in Calloway (1976) 260: v-8 (n.): a chick who spurns company, is independent, is not amenable. New Hepsters Dict. in Calloway (1976) 254: come again (v.): try it over, do better than you are doing.at come again, v.
New Hepsters Dict. in Calloway (1976) 254: come again (v.): [...] I don’t understand you.at come again!, excl.
New Hepsters Dict. in Calloway (1976) 255: fews and two (n.): money or cash in small quantity.at fews and twos, n.
New Hepsters Dict. in Calloway (1976) 253: black and tan (n.): dark and light colored folks. Not colored and white folks as erroneously assumed.at black-and-tan, n.
New Hepsters Dict. in Calloway (1976) 253: barbecue (n.): the girl friend, a beauty.at barbecue, n.
New Hepsters Dict. in Calloway (1976) 253: barrelhouse (adj.): free and easy.at barrelhouse, adj.
New Hepsters Dict. in Calloway (1976) 253: battle (n.): a very homely girl, a crone.at battle, n.
New Hepsters Dict. in Calloway (1976) 253: beat (adj.): [...] (2) lacking anything. Ex., ‘I am beat for my cash’; ‘I am beat to my socks’ (lacking everything).at beat, adj.
New Hepsters Dict. in Calloway (1976) 253: beat up (adj.): sad, uncomplimentary, tired.at beat-up, adj.
New Hepsters Dict. in Calloway (1976) 253: beat up the chops (or the gums) (v.): to talk, converse, be loquacious.at beat one’s gums, v.
New Hepsters Dict. in Calloway (1976) 253: beef (v.): to say, to state. Ex., ‘He beefed to me that, etc.’.at beef, v.1
New Hepsters Dict. in Calloway (1976) 253: bible (n.): the gospel truth. Ex., ‘It’s the bible!’.at bible, n.
New Hepsters Dict. in Calloway (1976) 253: black (n.): night.at black, n.
New Hepsters Dict. in Calloway (1976) 253: blip (n.): something very good. Ex., ‘That’s a blip’; ‘She’s a blip.’.at blip, n.2
New Hepsters Dict. in Calloway (1976) 253: blow the top (v.): to be overcome with emotion (delight). Ex., ‘You’ll blow your top when you hear this one’.at blow one’s top, v.
New Hepsters Dict. in Calloway (1976) 256: got your boots on: you know what it is all about, you are a hep cat, you are wise.at have one’s boots on (v.) under boot, n.2
New Hepsters Dict. in Calloway (1976) 253: boot (v.): to give. Ex., ‘Boot me that glove’.at boot, v.3
New Hepsters Dict. in Calloway (1976) 253: break it up (v.): to win applause, to stop the show.at break up, v.
New Hepsters Dict. in Calloway (1976) 253: bree (n.): girl.at bree, n.
New Hepsters Dict. in Calloway (1976) 259: set of seven brights (n.): one week.at (set of) seven brights (n.) under bright, n.
New Hepsters Dict. in Calloway (1976) 253: bring down: [...] (n.), something depressing. Ex., ‘That’s a bring down.’.at bringdown, n.
New Hepsters Dict. in Calloway (1976) 253: buddy ghee (n.): fellow.at buddy-gee (n.) under buddy, n.
New Hepsters Dict. in Calloway (1976) 253: capped (v.): outdone, surpassed.at cap, v.5
New Hepsters Dict. in Calloway (1976) Hep cat – a guy who knows all the answers, understands jive.at hep-cat, n.
New Hepsters Dict. in Calloway (1976) 253: cat (n.): musician in swing band.at cat, n.5
New Hepsters Dict. in Calloway (1976) 260: two cents (n.): two dollars.at two cents, n.
New Hepsters Dict. in Calloway (1976) 253: chime (n.): hour. Ex., ‘I got in at six chimes’.at chime, n.
New Hepsters Dict. in Calloway (1976) 254: chirp (n.): female singer.at chirp, n.
New Hepsters Dict. in Calloway (1976) 257: licking the chops (v.): see frisking the whiskers.at lick the chops (v.) under chops, n.1
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