heighten up
To become or alter (something) to make it heightened, higher, more powerful or more intense.
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Expressions you’ll hear in the US — distinctly American usage first, then widespread staples.
heinie
The buttocks.
heinz
A five and a seven as starting cards in Texas hold 'em
heirhead
The foolish heir to a large fortune.
helaegon
The canonical incestuous ship of fictional siblings Helaena Targaryen and Aegon II Targaryen from Fire & Blood and its television adaptation House of the Dragon.
helaemond
The incestuous ship of fictional siblings Helaena Targaryen and Aemond Targaryen from Fire & Blood and its television adaptation House of the Dragon.
helicopter
A dragonfly; so named due to its resemblance to a helicopter (sense 1).
helicopter ear
A form of Helmholtz resonance experienced in a moving vehicle, when one of the windows is rolled down.
hell around
To live a life of wild behavior; to stir up trouble or cause a commotion.
hell chicken
An extinct theropod dinosaur of the species Anzu wyliei.
hell hath no fury like a woman scorned
Said to express that a woman who has been romantically rejected, betrayed, or otherwise deeply wronged may react with great anger or vindictiveness.
hell no
Expressing firm disagreement.
hell to the no
Expressing firm disagreement or refusal.
hell yeah
Used to express enthusiastic or gung-ho agreement or joy.
Hell's Forty Acres
The San Carlos Apache Indian Reservation in southeastern Arizona, United States.
hella
An intensifier, signifying an abundance of a thing; much or many.
hellacious
Remarkable, unbelievable, unusual.
hellacool
Very cool (fashionable or excellent).
hellbox
A blasting machine producing an electrical charge for a detonation.
helldesk
A help desk.
hellevator
A scary elevator; an elevator that takes one to a frightening location.
hellified
Extremely good or impressive.
hellman
A daredevil.
hellmarsh
Synonym of Belmarsh.
helluv
Intensifier, signifies an abundance of a thing; much or many.
helly
Synonym of hell.
helo
A helicopter.
help along
To euthanize.
help out
To provide assistance.
helplessdesk
An incompetent helpdesk.
hem in
To surround and enclose in a way that restricts movement.
hem up
To restrain (a person) by grabbing their collar.
hemp
The gallows.
hen up
To find a receptive female mate.
hen-cackle
A shrill, loud, or raucous laughter or chatter, typically associated with women.
henn
Hennessy, a French brand of cognac.
henny
Hennessy, a French brand of cognac.
hep
Aware, up-to-date.
herbal high
Synonym of party pill.
herbed up
Under the influence from using marijuana.
herbert
A working-class youth, especially male.
herbie
A powerful storm resulting from wind passing between mountains and other land formations.
herc
A Lockheed C-130 Hercules aircraft.
hercverse
The fictional universe depicted in the television series Hercules: The Legendary Journeys and its spin-offs (including Xena: Warrior Princess).
herd together
To push people or animals into a group, as a herd.
here
Used semi-assertively to offer something to the listener.
here we are
Indicates ambivalence or resignation about the present circumstances; dismisses the previous observations as irrelevant.
here's a quarter, call someone who cares
I don't care; an abrupt dismissal of another person's complaint or opinion.
here's the deal
Here is what is happening; this is the situation; this is what is going on.
heritage American
Someone whose family has been part of European Christian American culture for many generations; a white American.
Herkimer Jerkimer
A yokel; a country bumpkin.
hero call
a call, usually on the river, made with a weak hand.
heroin chic
A fashion trend begun in the 1990s revolving around models who bore characteristics of heroin addicts, such as emaciation and androgyny.
heroinware
An addictive computer game, especially one played to the extent it interferes with the everyday life of the player.
HeroMari
The ship of characters Hero and Mari from the video game Omori.
hershey highway
The anus or anal sex.
herstory
History that emphasizes the role of women, or that is told from a woman's (or from a feminist) point of view.
hesher
A diehard enthusiast of heavy metal music.
het
A heterosexual person.
het up
simple past and past participle of heat up
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