head SouthGo to go South.
Headstone Cityn. a cemetery. Unless
you want to move into a furnished f lat in
Headstone City, you had better fasten your
seatbelt when you drive or ride in a car.
Our house is just one block after the
large Headstone City on the left.
Heads up!exclam. Look out! Heads up!
Watch out for the swinging bucket!
Here’s a rough spot on the trail. Heads up!
heads will rollin. someone will be pun-
ished. When I find out who did this,
heads will roll. Heads will roll when I
get back to the office.
head trip 1. n. a session with a head drug.
(Drugs.) Bob had his first head trip last
night. He says it will be his last head
trip. 2. n. an ego trip. Wally is on an-
other of his head trips. Come down from
your head trip and see if you can get along
with the rest of us.
heap 1. n. an old car. (See also load.) I’ve
got to get my heap fixed up. Is this old
heap yours? 2. n. any dilapidated thing
or person. Marty is turning into a heap.
We have to fix up this heap if we’re
really going to live in it. 3. and heapsn.
lots (of something). I have a whole
heap of papers for you. Mr. Wilson has
heaps of money.
heapsGo to heap.
hearttv. to love someone or something.
(Teens.) Oh, I just, like, heart your let-
ter. She’s hearting him more every day.
hearts and flowersn. sentimentality.
The movie was so full of hearts and f low-
ers that I was bored. I didn’t care for the
hearts and f lowers part.
heart-to-heart (talk)n. a serious and in-
timate discussion. We sat down and
had a nice heart-to-heart for about an
hour. A little heart-to-heart talk is just
what you need.
heat 1. theheatn. the police. (Under-
world.) The heat is gonna catch up with
you, Ernie. Who tipped the heat off
about me? 2. n. pressure. There’s a lot
of heat on Fred right now. The boss put
some heat on Wally, and things are mov-
ing faster now. 3. n. a gun; armaments.
(Underworld. See also heater.) Lefty
has his heat on him at all times. Rocko
never carries heat.
heatern. a pistol. (Underworld.) Lefty
carried his heater with him that day.
Put your heaters away, boys. This is a job
for reason.
heave[hiv] in. to empty one’s stomach; to
vomit. He heaved and heaved and
sounded like he was dying. I think I have
to go heave.
heaven dustn. cocaine. (Drugs.) A lit-
tle heaven dust and Pat was as good as
new. She left her desk to take on a little
heaven dust.
heavy 1. n. a villain. (Especially in movies,
etc.) He is well-known for playing heav-
ies in the movies. Do I always have to be
the heavy? 2. mod. important; profound;
serious. This is a very heavy matter.
This matter is too heavy. I have some
heavy things to talk over with you, Sam. 3.
mod. really fine. Man, this is some
heavy chocolate cake! This stuff is really
heavy! This is a real heavy thing you’re
doing for me.
heavy artilleryn. powerful or persuasive
persons or things. Finally, the mayor
brought out the heavy artillery and quieted
things down. The heavy artillery seemed
to know how to handle matters.
heavy bread and heavy moneyn. a great
deal of money. Man, that car cost some
heavy bread. It takes heavy money to
run a household like this.
heavy daten. an important date with
someone; a date with someone impor-
tant. Mary has a heavy date with Sam
tonight. Pete and Sally were out on a
heavy date together.
heavy-handedmod. tactless; forceful; un-
fair. Paul is a little heavy-handed at
times, but mostly he’s reasonable. That
was a pretty heavy-handed thing to do.
heavy hashn. potent cannabis. (Drugs.)
Man, you came up with some real heavy
hash. This is heavy hash, and it will cost
you.heavy hash