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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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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

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

From New York Times ● Dec. 6, 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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