het
Americannoun
adjective
verb
adjective
noun
Etymology
Origin of het
First recorded in 1970–75; by shortening
Example Sentences
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The actress said the following day she "went to the set and, because I was squatting on the floor, all het up, I farted in front of him. I was mortified".
From BBC • Feb. 11, 2026
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
“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
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