Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • A dialectal variant of hit.
  • Obsolete (Middle English) preterit of hight.
  • Obsolete or provincial preterit and past participle of heat.

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  • noun slang Heterosexual.
  • adjective slang Heterosexual.
  • verb dialect Simple past tense and past participle of heat.
  • adjective dialect Heated.

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  • adjective made warm or hot (`het' is a dialectal variant of `heated')

Etymologies

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Clipping of heterosexual.

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Strong conjugation of heat

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  • Most often seen in the expression het up.

    November 9, 2007

  • Something felt funny, something was bothering me about the appearance of my house, but I was to het up to examine my worry." -Club Dead, by Charlaine Harris

    February 5, 2011

  • het: the Kiwi way of saying hat.

    February 5, 2011

  • Thet's the spurut.

    February 6, 2011