hash pipen. a small pipe for smoking can-
nabis. (Drugs.) John kept a hash pipe
on the shelf just for show. The cops
found a hash pipe in her pocket.
hash-slingern. a cook, waiter, or waitress
in a hash-house. I worked as a hash-
slinger in an all-night diner. The life of
a hash-slinger is pretty tough.
hassle[“hAsl] 1. n. a dispute; a bother.
The whole thing was a real hassle. It’s
a hassle every time I come here. 2. tv. to
harass someone; to bother someone; to
give someone a hard time. Listen,
please don’t hassle me. I’ve had a hard day.
Please make this dame stop hassling me!
hatchn. the mouth. (See also Down the
hatch!) Shut your hatch! Pop this in
your hatch.
hate someone’s gutstv.to hate someone
very much. You’re horrible. I hate your
guts! Those cops hate my guts.
haul 1. n. the proceeds from a theft; loot.
(Underworld.) They divvied up the
haul from the bank job. The cops
thought they must have got a pretty good
haul. 2. n. the proceeds from any activ-
ity: a performance, a fishing trip, a col-
lection of goods or money for charity,
etc. They got a good haul from the ben-
efit. They surveyed the haul of cans and
packages and decided they had done a
pretty fair job.
haul ass (out of some place)Go to bag
ass (out of some place).
have a balltv. to have an exciting time.
(See also ball.) I plan to have a ball
while I’m there. Come on, everybody!
Let’s have a ball!
have a (big) headtv. to have a hangover.
(Have got can replace have.) Oh, man,
do I have a head! Tom has a head this
morning and won’t be coming into work.
have a big mouthtv. to speak loudly; to
tell secrets. (Have got can replace have.)
Boy, do you have a big mouth! He has
a big mouth. Don’t tell him anything you
don’t want everybody else to know.
Have a blimp!exclam. Have a good year!
(A play on Goodyear Tire and Rubber
Company, which operates the Goodyear
blimp.) Good-bye. Have a blimp!
Have a blimp! See you next summer.
have a bone ontv. to have an erection.
(See also bone at boner.Usually objec-
tionable.) Look, friend, you can’t do
anything with me till you have a bone on.
Get it up or get out. I got other customers
waiting.
have a buzz ontv. to be tipsy or alcohol
intoxicated. (Have got can replace have.)
Pete has a buzz on and is giggling a lot.
Both of them had a buzz on by the end
of the celebration.
have a crack at somethingGo to take a
crack at something.
have a glow ontv. to be alcohol intoxi-
cated; to be tipsy. (Have got can replace
have.) Since you already have a glow on,
I guess you won’t want another drink.
Jed had a glow on and was just becoming
civil.
Have a good one. and Have a nice one.
sent. Have a good morning, afternoon, or
evening, as appropriate. (A general for-
mulaic expression used at any time of the
day or night.) Thank you. Have a good
one. See you tomorrow, Todd. Have a
nice one.
have a hard-ontv. to have an erect penis.
(The most common colloquial expres-
sion for this state. See also hard-on.Usu-
ally objectionable.) I had a hard-on
through the whole movie.
have a hard-on for someonetv. to wish
to do someone physical damage; to seek
revenge on someone. (The aggressor and
victim are usually males. Usually objec-
tionable.) The punk thinks he has a
hard-on for Mr. Big. Albert had a hard-
on for Walter. He was going to kill him if
the chance came up.
Have a heart!exclam. Be compassionate!;
Be kind! Have a heart! Give me another
chance. Come on! Have a heart!
have a leg up on someonetv. to have an
advantage over someone; to be ahead of
someone. (Have got can replace have.)
Pete has a leg up on Wilbur because of hishash pipe