adv · name · noun · verb · 19 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Pronunciation
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hēp
/hiːp/
Ireland, dated:hāp
Ireland, dated:/heːp/
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rhymes with -iːp
CMU ARPABET:HH IY1 P
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
adv
Meaning 1
very or much; representing broken English stereotypically or comically attributed to Native Americans
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable, offensive, possibly
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
name
Meaning 2
A surname.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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3
noun
Meaning 3
A crowd; a throng; a multitude or great number of people.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
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Antonyms: none provided
4
noun
Meaning 4
A pile or mass; a collection of things laid in a body, or thrown together so as to form an elevation.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
a heap of earth; a heap of stones
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
5
noun
Meaning 5
A great number or large quantity of things.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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6
noun
Meaning 6
A data structure consisting of trees in which each node is greater than all its children.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
From Middle English hepe, from Old English hēap, from Proto-West Germanic *haup, from Proto-Germanic *haupaz (compare Dutch hoop, German Low German Hupen, German Haufen), from Proto-Indo-European *koupos (“hill”) (compare Lithuanian kaũpas, Albanian qipi (“stack”), Avestan 𐬐𐬂𐬟𐬀 (kåfa)).
English surname, from the noun heap.
Across languages
Translations
219 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Bulgarian:
тълпа
(tǎlpa)
— crowd
Danish:
dynge
— crowd
Dutch:
mensenmassa
— crowd
Finnish:
joukko
— crowd
Finnish:
väkijoukko
— crowd
Galician:
multitude
— crowd
Galician:
moitedume
— crowd
Galician:
chea
— crowd
Galician:
corxa
— crowd
German:
Menschenmenge
— crowd
German:
Masse
— crowd
Italian:
folla
— crowd
Italian:
massa
— crowd
Italian:
moltitudine
— crowd
Occitan:
molon
— crowd
Occitan:
molonada
— crowd
Occitan:
multitud
— crowd
Occitan:
fola
— crowd
Occitan:
mond
— crowd
Portuguese:
multidão
— crowd
Quechua:
qisa
— crowd
Uyghur:
غۇژمەك
(ghuzhmek)
— crowd
Arabic:
كومة
(kōma)
— pile
Armenian:
կույտ
(kuyt)
— pile
Armenian:
զանգված
(zangvac)
— pile
Azerbaijani:
qalaq
— pile
Azerbaijani:
yığın
— pile
Azerbaijani:
topa
— pile
Basque:
pilo
— pile
Belarusian:
ку́ча
(kúča)
— pile
Belarusian:
ку́па
(kúpa)
— pile
Bhojpuri:
ढेर
(ḍhēr)
— pile
Bulgarian:
куп
(kup)
— pile
Bulgarian:
купчина
(kupčina)
— pile
Chechen:
гӏама
(ğama)
— pile
Cherokee:
ᎤᎪᏗᏗ
(ugodidi)
— pile
Chinese Mandarin:
堆
(duī)
— pile
Danish:
dynge
— pile
Danish:
stak
— pile
Dutch:
hoop
— pile
Dutch:
berg
— pile
Esperanto:
stako
— pile
Finnish:
kasa
— pile
Finnish:
läjä
— pile
Finnish:
keko
— pile
French:
tas
— pile
French:
pile
— pile
French:
monceau
— pile
Galician:
pía
— pile
Galician:
conxerie
— pile
Galician:
morea
— pile
Galician:
rebullón
— pile
Galician:
moutillón
— pile
Galician:
cómaro
— pile
Galician:
toutelo
— pile
Galician:
cemba
— pile
Galician:
cotarelo
— pile
Galician:
alarve
— pile
Georgian:
გროვა
(grova)
— pile
German:
Haufen
— pile
German:
Haufe
— pile
Greek:
σωρός
(sorós)
— pile
Greek:
στοίβα
(stoíva)
— pile
Ancient Greek:
σωρός
(sōrós)
— pile
Ancient Greek:
σώρευμα
(sṓreuma)
— pile
Ancient Greek:
θίς
(thís)
— pile
Hindi:
ढेर
(ḍher)
— pile
Hungarian:
halom
— pile
Ingrian:
mytty
— pile
Ingrian:
koko
— pile
Ingrian:
ropja
— pile
Ingrian:
runni
— pile
Irish:
dumha
— pile
Irish:
carnán
— pile
Italian:
pila
— pile
Italian:
cumulo
— pile
Italian:
catasta
— pile
Italian:
mucchio
— pile
Japanese:
重ね
(kasane)
— pile
Japanese:
塚
(tsuka)
— pile
Japanese:
堆積
(taiseki)
— pile
Japanese:
積み重ね
(tsumikasane)
— pile
Japanese:
山
(yama)
— pile
Khmer:
គំនរ
(kumnɔɔ)
— pile
Khmer:
ពំនូក
(pumnuuk)
— pile
Khmer:
រនះ
(rɔneah)
— pile
Korean:
더미
(deomi)
— pile
Korean:
무더기
(mudeogi)
— pile
Latgalian:
guba
— pile
Latgalian:
gobona
— pile
Latgalian:
kryva
— pile
Latgalian:
skaudze
— pile
Latgalian:
grāda
— pile
Latin:
struēs
— pile
Latin:
acervus
— pile
Latin:
cumulus
— pile
Latvian:
kaudze
— pile
Latvian:
grēda
— pile
Latvian:
čupa
— pile
Lithuanian:
krūvà
— pile
Lithuanian:
kaũpas
— pile
Macedonian:
куп
(kup)
— pile
Māori:
purawhetū
— pile
Māori:
taupū
— pile
Māori:
kōputu
— pile
Eastern Mari:
курык
(kuryk)
— pile
Occitan:
molon
— pile
Occitan:
pièla
— pile
Persian:
کپه
(koppe)
— pile
Persian:
توده
(tude)
— pile
Persian:
کوت
(kut)
— pile
Polish:
sterta
— pile
Polish:
kupa
— pile
Portuguese:
pilha
— pile
Portuguese:
monte
— pile
Quechua:
qutu
— pile
Romanian:
groapă
— pile
Russian:
ку́ча
(kúča)
— pile
Russian:
гру́да
(grúda)
— pile
Russian:
во́рох
(vórox)
— pile
Russian:
ки́па
(kípa)
— pile
Sanskrit:
निचय
(nicaya)
— pile
Sanskrit:
राशि
(rāśi)
— pile
Spanish:
pila
— pile
Spanish:
montón
— pile
Spanish:
cúmulo
— pile
Turkish:
öbek
— pile
Ottoman Turkish:
ییغین
(yığın)
— pile
Ottoman Turkish:
كومه
(küme)
— pile
Ugaritic:
𐎖𐎎𐎕
(qmṣ)
— pile
Ukrainian:
ку́па
(kúpa)
— pile
Ukrainian:
ку́ча
(kúča)
— pile
Uyghur:
غارام
(gharam)
— pile
Uyghur:
دۈۋە
(düwe)
— pile
Vietnamese:
đống
— pile
Vietnamese:
gò
— pile
Walloon:
moncea
— pile
Walloon:
hopea
— pile
Welsh:
pentwr
— pile
Bulgarian:
маса
(masa)
— great number or large quantity of things
Dutch:
berg
— great number or large quantity of things
Dutch:
massa
— great number or large quantity of things
Dutch:
massa
— great number or large quantity of things
Finnish:
joukko
— great number or large quantity of things
Finnish:
kasa
— great number or large quantity of things
Finnish:
läjä
— great number or large quantity of things
French:
tas
— great number or large quantity of things
Galician:
pía
— great number or large quantity of things
Galician:
parga
— great number or large quantity of things
Galician:
conxerie
— great number or large quantity of things
Galician:
acervo
— great number or large quantity of things
Galician:
morea
— great number or large quantity of things
Galician:
rebullón
— great number or large quantity of things
Galician:
monte
— great number or large quantity of things
Italian:
moltitudine
— great number or large quantity of things
Italian:
massa
— great number or large quantity of things
Italian:
marea
— great number or large quantity of things
Occitan:
molon
— great number or large quantity of things
Portuguese:
monte
— great number or large quantity of things
Russian:
ку́ча
(kúča)
— great number or large quantity of things
Catalan:
pila
— type of data structure
Chinese Mandarin:
堆
(duī)
— type of data structure
Czech:
halda
— type of data structure
Finnish:
keko
— type of data structure
French:
tas
— type of data structure
French:
pile
— type of data structure
German:
Heap
— type of data structure
Greek:
σωρός
(sorós)
— type of data structure
Japanese:
ヒープ
(hīpu)
— type of data structure
Norwegian:
heap
— type of data structure
Occitan:
molon
— type of data structure
Polish:
kopiec
— type of data structure
Portuguese:
heap
— type of data structure
Russian:
ку́ча
(kúča)
— type of data structure
Spanish:
montículo
— type of data structure
Swedish:
heap
— type of data structure
Turkish:
öbek
— type of data structure
Finnish:
keko
— memory that is dynamically allocated
Russian:
ку́ча
(kúča)
— memory that is dynamically allocated
Bulgarian:
таратайка
(taratajka)
— colloquial: dilapidated place or vehicle
Finnish:
rämä
— colloquial: dilapidated place or vehicle
Finnish:
romu
— colloquial: dilapidated place or vehicle
Finnish:
romukasa
— colloquial: dilapidated place or vehicle
Finnish:
roska
— colloquial: dilapidated place or vehicle
Portuguese:
carripana
— colloquial: dilapidated place or vehicle
Portuguese:
calhambeque
— colloquial: dilapidated place or vehicle
Portuguese:
chaço
— colloquial: dilapidated place or vehicle
Portuguese:
chaço-velho
— colloquial: dilapidated place or vehicle
Finnish:
vuori
— colloquial: large amount
Finnish:
jätti-
— colloquial: large amount
Bulgarian:
натрупвам
(natrupvam)
— to pile in a heap
Finnish:
kasata
— to pile in a heap
Greek:
στοιβάζω
(stoivázo)
— to pile in a heap
Ancient Greek:
χόω
(khóō)
— to pile in a heap
Italian:
ammucchiare
— to pile in a heap
Italian:
ammassare
— to pile in a heap
Italian:
accatastare
— to pile in a heap
Māori:
whakataipū
— to pile in a heap
Māori:
whakapīhangaiti
— to pile in a heap
Māori:
haipū
— to pile in a heap
Māori:
tarahono
— to pile in a heap
Portuguese:
empilhar
— to pile in a heap
Portuguese:
amontoar
— to pile in a heap
Spanish:
amontonar
— to pile in a heap
Finnish:
kasata
— to form or round into a heap
Finnish:
läjittää
— to form or round into a heap
Greek:
στοιβάζω
(stoivázo)
— to form or round into a heap
Italian:
ricolmare
— to form or round into a heap
Italian:
ricoprire
— to form or round into a heap
Portuguese:
amontoar
— to form or round into a heap
Spanish:
amontonar
— to form or round into a heap
Bulgarian:
отрупвам
(otrupvam)
— to supply in great quantity
Hebrew:
הִרְעִיף
(hir'íf)
— to supply in great quantity