heavy into someone or somethingmod.
much concerned with someone or some-
thing; obsessed with someone or some-
thing. Freddie was heavy into auto rac-
ing and always went to the races. Sam
is heavy into Mary.
heavy jointn. a marijuana cigarette tipped
with phencyclidine (PCP). (Drugs.)
He said something about smoking a heavy
joint just before he passed out. Bob
found something on the sidewalk he called
a heavy joint.
heavy moneyGo to heavy bread.
heavy neckingn. hugging and kissing, plus
intimate caresses. Mary and Sam are
past heavy necking. The teacher caught
them at some heavy necking in the closet.
heavy scenen. a serious state of affairs; an
emotionally charged situation. Man,
that meeting was really a heavy scene.
Another heavy scene like that and I quit.
heavy souln. heroin. (Black.) Tyrone is
hung up on some heavy soul. That heavy
soul will be on your back forever.
heavyweight 1. n. an important person; a
successful person; a leader. Mr. Wil-
son is a heavyweight in local government.
They’ll bring out the heavyweights next
time. Just wait and see. 2. mod. impor-
tant; successful. Vince is one of the
heavyweight operators in this business.
He’s good, but he’s no heavyweight.
H-E-double-toothpicksn. hell. (A jocu-
lar euphemism. It is not usually written
and can be spelled a number of different
ways.) Oh, H-E-double-toothpicks! I
did it wrong again! Here she comes
again. H-E-double-toothpicks!
heebie-jeebies and heeby-jeebies
[“hibi”dZibiz] n. an extreme case of anxi-
ety or fear. I have the heebie-jeebies
whenever I go to the dentist. These
movies give me the heebie-jeebies.
heeln. a low and despicable man. Yo u
are the most impossible heel! The guy
is a heel, and he seems to work at it, too.
heeled 1. mod. alcohol intoxicated. Sally
was too heeled to drive home. Man,
were those guys heeled! 2. mod. carrying
drugs. (Drugs.) Bart is heeled and
ready to deal. Gert was heeled when
they arrested her.
heesh[hiS] n. hashish; cannabis. (Drugs.)
Ernie started out on heesh and moved
on from there. Who’s dealing heesh
around here?
heinien. the buttocks. He fell down f lat
on his heinie.
Heinz 57 (variety)[haInz...] n. a mongrel
breed of dog. (From the trade name of
a condiment company.) We have one
pedigreed dog and one Heinz 57 variety.
My Heinz 57 is the greatest dog of all.
heist[haIst] 1. n. a theft; a robbery; a lift.
(Underworld.) Lefty just had to pull
one last heist. The heist went off with-
out a hitch. 2. tv. to steal something; to
rob a person or place; to liftsomething.
(Underworld.) The thugs heisted her
and took her purse and watch. Lefty
heisted a car and then drove around in it
all evening.
heister[“haIst#] n. a drunkard. Tw o o l d
heisters were lifting drink after drink and
tossing them down. Wally is getting to
be quite a heister.
helium head[“hili@m “hEd] n. a fool; an air-
head. Well, what’s that helium head
done now? You can be such a helium
head without even trying.
hell 1. n. trouble. (Use caution with hell.)
I went through all sorts of hell to get this
done on time. This day was real hell. 2.
exclam. Damn! (Usually Hell!Use cau-
tion with hell.) Oh, hell. I’m late.
Hell, I’m too early.
hellacious[hEl”eS@s] 1. mod. wild; excel-
lent. (Use caution with hell.) What a
hellacious good time we had! Sally
throws one hellacious party. 2. mod. ter-
rible. The food was just hellacious. Yuck!
The heat was hellacious, and the mos-
quitoes wouldn’t leave us alone.
hellbender[“hElbEnd#] 1. n. a drinking
bout. (Use caution with hell.) Jed is off
on another of his hellbenders. One of his
hellbenders can last for a week. 2. n. a
heavy drinker; a drunkard. (The benderheavy into someone or something