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het

[ het ]

/ hɛt /

Informal.

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noun

a heterosexual person.

adjective

heterosexual.

Nearby words

Origin of het

First recorded in 1970–75; by shortening

Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019

Examples from the Web for het

Elsewhere in the post, Silver explains, as he has many times, why no one should get too het up over one single poll.
Silver on Gallup's Galloping Numbers|Michael Tomasky|October 19, 2012|DAILY BEAST
Het Animisme bij den Volken van den indischen Archipel, pp. 69-75.
The Elementary Forms of the Religious Life|Emile Durkheim
Is my brain no het aneugh, but ye maun set lowe to it, and burn it?
Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 21|Alexander Leighton
"Town's goin' to be het up for certain," said Mr. Bogle, waggling his ancient head.
Scattergood Baines|Clarence Budington Kelland

I even discoursed a little about the beauty of the afternoon-sunlight and “het schilderachtige van het zomerlandschap”.
The Further Adventures of O'Neill in Holland|J. Irwin Brown
You're all het up needless, an' barkin' up the wrong tree, as folks used to say back where I come from.
The Gold Girl|James B. Hendryx

British Dictionary definitions for het (1 of 2)

het

¹

/ (hɛt) /

noun

slang short for heterosexual

British Dictionary definitions for het (2 of 2)

het

²

/ (hɛt) /

verb

archaic, or dialect a past tense and past participle of heat

adjective

a Scot word for hot

See also het up

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

Word Origin and History for het

het

adj.

"heated," archaic, late 14c., from variant past participle of heat (cf. lead/led, etc.).

Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper