adj
Meaning 1
Heterosexual.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: slang
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Standard Lemma guide
het
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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/hɛt/
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rhymes with -ɛt
adj
Meaning 2
Heated.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: dialectal
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adj
Meaning 3
Clipping of heterozygous.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, not-comparable
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name
Meaning 4
Initialism of Historical Enquiries Team.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
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noun
Meaning 5
A heterosexual person.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, slang
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noun
Meaning 6
Fan fiction involving characters in an opposite-sex romantic or sexual relationship.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: slang, uncountable
Topics: lifestyle
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Synonyms: hetfic
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noun
Meaning 7
dialectal form of heat (“hotness”)
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: West-Country, dialectal, especially, form-of, uncountable
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noun
Meaning 8
Clipping of heterozygous.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping
Examples
- For sale: Albino hognose female $20k. Hets $12.5k for pair.
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noun
Meaning 9
Alternative form of heth (Semitic letter).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, alternative
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noun
Meaning 10
Abbreviation of Hall effect thruster.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of
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verb
Meaning 11
simple past and past participle of heat
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: dialectal, form-of, participle, past
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verb
Meaning 12
dialectal form of heat (“to make hot”)
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: West-Country, dialectal, especially, form-of
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adjective satellite
Meaning 13
made warm or hot (`het' is a dialectal variant of `heated')
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- a heated swimming pool
- wiped his heated-up face with a large bandana
- he was all het up and sweaty
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: heated, heated up, het up
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
Clipping of heterosexual.
From Middle English hette (simple past), het (past participle), from Old English hǣtte (simple past), (ġe)hǣted (past participle), conjugations of hǣtan (“to heat”); see heat (“to make hot”).