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het

American  
[het] / hɛt /

noun

  1. a heterosexual person.


adjective

  1. heterosexual.

het 1 British  
/ hɛt /

verb

  1. archaic a past tense and past participle of heat

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

adjective

  1. a Scot word for hot

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
het 2 British  
/ hɛt /

noun

  1. slang short for heterosexual

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of het

First recorded in 1970–75; by shortening


Example Sentences

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When Angela Bassett wins the oscar she must start het speech by saying “and in the words of ariana debose, i did the thing”

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 21, 2023

So why has the Chanel version gotten people so het up?

From New York Times ● Dec. 6, 2021

Larin’s 20th international goal, his ninth of this qualifying cycle, came when het got away from Brooks and redirected Davis' cross past goalkeeper Matt Turner.

From Fox News ● Sep. 6, 2021

“In gesprek komen met het wad,” advised Wilbrink as we stepped down onto the flats, telling us in Dutch to “have a conversation with the mud.”

From Washington Post ● Aug. 12, 2021

The rockface was too steep for het to climb; besides, she couldn’t leave Wolf.

From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver

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