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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

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adjective

  1. a Scot word for hot

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het 2 British  
/ hɛt /

noun

  1. slang short for heterosexual

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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

Some COA employees stopped work Tuesday to protest conditions at Ter Apel, the local daily newspaper, Dagblad van het Noorden, reported.

From Washington Post • Aug. 26, 2022

Vandaag veranderde het Limburgs #Museum - als onderdeel v/d landelijke #actie v/d @Museumverenigin - voor 1 dag in een #sportschool.

From BBC • Jan. 19, 2022

“My hope is that, if you’re white, cis and het, you’ll have a really candid look into what it is to be Black and queer,” he said.

From New York Times • Nov. 26, 2021

Want so lief het God die wêreld gehad, dat Hy sy eniggebore Seun gegee het, sodat elkeen wat in Hom glo, nie verlore mag gaan nie, maar die ewige lewe kan hê.

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver