het up

  • 41het up — adjective (not before a noun) informal anxious, upset, or slightly angry: Why s Andy so het up? (+ about): Mike s very het up about his exams …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 42het-up — /ˈhɛt ʌp / (say het up) adjective Colloquial in a nervous, excited or angry state. Also, het up. {US (1880s); alteration of heated up} …

  • 43Het — Hete Hete, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. {Hete}, later {Het}.] Variant of {Hote}. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] But one avow to greate God I hete. Chaucer. [1913 Webster] …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 44het — noun Date: circa 1972 heterosexual • het adjective …

    New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 45het up — adjective Etymology: het, dialect past of heat Date: 1909 highly excited ; upset …

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  • 46het up — adjective Excited or agitated; heated up. He was het up about his chest pains …

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  • 47het — I Australian Slang heterosexual person II Scottish Vernacular Dictionary noun: the one most recently tug in a game of Tig, or Hide and Seek, It Tig! You re Het! III North Country (Newcastle) Words hot, warmed …

    English dialects glossary

  • 48het up — Meaning Agitated. Origin Het is a shortened form of heated …

    Meaning and origin of phrases

  • 49het — n, adj British (a person who is) heterosexual They wouldn t understand, they re all hets. ► It s a strictly het affair …

    Contemporary slang

  • 50het up — adjective informal angry and agitated. Origin C19: from dialect het heated, hot …

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