heavy

IPA: hˈɛvi

noun

  • (slang) A villain or bad guy; the one responsible for evil or aggressive acts.
  • (slang) A doorman, bouncer or bodyguard.
  • (journalism, slang, chiefly in the plural) A newspaper of the quality press.
  • (aviation) A relatively large multi-engined aircraft.
  • (theater, archaic, slang) A serious theatrical role.
  • (military, historical) A member of the heavy cavalry.

verb

  • (often with "up") To make heavier.
  • To sadden.
  • (Australia, New Zealand, informal) To use power or wealth to exert influence on, e.g., governments or corporations; to pressure.

adjective

  • (of a physical object) Having great weight.
  • (of a topic) Serious, somber.
  • Not easy to bear; burdensome; oppressive.
  • (Britain, slang, dated) Good.
  • (dated, late 1960s, 1970s, US) Profound.
  • (of a rate of flow) High, great.
  • (slang) Armed.
  • (of music) Loud, distorted, or intense.
  • (of weather) Hot and humid.
  • (of a person) Doing the specified activity more intensely than most other people.
  • (of the eyes) With eyelids difficult to keep open due to tiredness.
  • (of food) High in fat or protein; difficult to digest.
  • Of great force, power, or intensity; deep or intense.
  • Laden with that which is weighty; encumbered; burdened; bowed down, either with an actual burden, or with grief, pain, disappointment, etc.
  • Slow; sluggish; inactive; or lifeless, dull, inanimate, stupid.
  • Impeding motion; cloggy; clayey.
  • Not raised or leavened.
  • (of wines or spirits) Having much body or strength.
  • (obsolete) With child; pregnant.
  • (physics) Containing one or more isotopes that are heavier than the normal one.
  • (petroleum) Having high viscosity.
  • (finance) Of a market: in which the price of shares is declining.
  • (nautical, military) Heavily-armed.
  • (aviation, of an aircraft) Having a relatively high takeoff weight and payload.
  • Having a maximum takeoff weight exceeding 300,000 tons, as almost all widebodies do, generating high wake turbulence.
  • Having the heaves.

adverb

  • In a heavy manner; weightily; heavily; gravely.
  • (colloquial, nonstandard) To a great degree; greatly.
  • (India, colloquial) very
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