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heavy metal

noun

any metal with a specific gravity of 5.0 or greater, especially one that is toxic to organisms, as lead, mercury, copper, and cadmium.
aggressive and heavily amplified rock music, commonly performed by groups that wear spectacular or bizarre costumes.

heavy metal

1. a type of rock music characterized by a strong beat and amplified instrumental effects, sometimes with violent, or nihilistic lyrics
2. ( as modifier )
  a heavy-metal band
a metal with a high specific gravity
military large guns or shot

1860–65, for literal sense

In previous decades, hip-hop was something typically preached against, much like rock & roll and heavy metal before it.

And the guy who once thought heavy metal was just “what white kids in the suburbs listen to”?

Disco was dead and heavy metal was born—and so was Taylor Swift.

Stacked next to his Catalogue of Expert Witnesses are heaps of anti-heavy-metal pamphlets.

He gave it 'careful consideration' but heavy metal fan Prince Harry has turned down an offer to present a trophy at the Kerrang!

And gazed down at the long bright scratch in the heavy metal that covered his shoulder joint.

The great hydroelectric dams, the hundreds of steam turbines, the heavy-metal atomic reactors—all useless for power purposes.

The pigment on the dots of five sides of each die was some heavy metal compound, probably lead.

Near Phillips was a plate some feet square, of heavy metal, raised from the floor on poles of a different substance.

Walls of a rich green surmounted the oak dado; a heavy metal chandelier hung by a chain from a ceiling divided by imitation beams.

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