heat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: hēt
ipa: /hiːt/
enpr: hēt
ipa: /hit/
rhymes: -iːt
Forms: form: heats
Etymology: From Middle English hete, from Old English hǣtu, from Proto-West Germanic *haitī, from Proto-Germanic *haitį̄ (“heat”), from Proto-Indo-European *keHy- (“heat; hot”). Cognate with Scots hete (“heat”), Saterland Frisian Hatte (“heat”), Old High German heizī (“heat”). Related also to Dutch hitte (“heat”), German Hitze (“heat”), Swedish hetta (“heat”), Icelandic hiti (“heat”).
Senses: examples: text: Heat and temperature, although different, are intimately related. [...] For example, suppose you added equal amounts of heat to equal masses of iron and aluminum. How do you think their temperatures would change?[…]if the temperature of the iron increased by 100 C°, the corresponding temperature change in the aluminum would be only 48 C°.
ref: 2007, James Shipman, Jerry Wilson, Aaron Todd, An Introduction to Physical Science: Twelfth Edition, pages 106–108:
text: Heat limits the length and intensity of ship-to-ship combat. Starships generate enormous s'heat' when they fire high-energy weapons, perform maneuvering burns, and run on-board combat electronics.
In combat, warships produce heat more quickly than they can disperse it. As heat builds within a vessel, the crewed spaces become increasingly uncomfortable. Before the heat reaches lethal levels, a ship must win or retreat by entering FTL. After an FTL run, the ships halts, shuts down non-essential systems, and activates the heat radiation gear.
ref: 2008, BioWare, Mass Effect, Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →ISBN, →OCLC, PC, scene: Space Combat: Combat Endurance Codex entry:
text: Energy has seldom been found where we need it when we want it. Ancient nomads, wishing to ward off the evening chill and enjoy a meal around a campfire, had to collect wood and then spend time and effort coaxing the heat of friction out from between sticks to kindle a flame.
ref: 2013 July-August, Henry Petroski, “Geothermal Energy”, in American Scientist, volume 101, number 4:
text: This furnace puts out 5000 BTUs of heat. That engine is really throwing off some heat. Removal of heat from the liquid caused it to turn into a solid.
related: word: mul:q
glosses: Thermal energy.
examples: text: Stay out of the heat of the sun!
glosses: The condition or quality of being hot.
examples: text: The chili sauce gave the dish heat.
glosses: An attribute of a spice that causes a burning sensation in the mouth.
examples: text: It's easy to make bad decisions in the heat of the moment.
synonyms: passion
vehemence
glosses: A period of intensity, particularly of emotion.
examples: text: The heat from her family after her DUI arrest was unbearable.
glosses: An undesirable amount of attention.
examples: text: The catcher called for the heat, high and tight.
topics: ball-games
baseball
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: A fastball.
examples: text: The male canines were attracted by the female in heat.
synonyms: rut
glosses: A condition in which a mammal is aroused sexually or where it is especially fertile and therefore eager to mate.
examples: text: Some stories engage in dub-con scenarios where one or both partners are out of their minds with heat lust and lose all reasoning and inhibitions.
ref: 2013, Kristina Busse, “Pon Farr, Mpreg, Bonds, and the Rise of the Omegaverse”, in Anne Jamison, editor, Fic: Why Fanfiction Is Taking Over the World, page 321:
text: When Yuri goes into his first heat, it is not only an uncomfortable and traumatic physical experience, it is also an identity crisis: this is the moment realizes that he is an omega, and not a beta as he had previously assumed.
ref: 2017, Marianne Gunderson, "What is an omega? Rewriting sex and gender in omegaverse fanfiction", thesis submitted to the University of Oslo, page 40
text: Hannibal's first kiss and his alpha saliva trigger Will's heat, […]
ref: 2018, Laura Campillo Arnaiz, “When the Omega Empath Met the Alpha Doctor: An Analysis of Alpha/Beta/Omega Dynamics in the Hannibal Fandom”, in Ashton Spacey, editor, The Darker Side of Slash Fan Fiction, page 127:
topics: lifestyle
synonyms: rut
glosses: A condition in which a mammal is aroused sexually or where it is especially fertile and therefore eager to mate.
In omegaverse fiction, a cyclical period in which omegas experience an intense, sometimes irresistible biological urge to mate.
synonyms: rut
glosses: A condition in which a mammal is aroused sexually or where it is especially fertile and therefore eager to mate.
The arousal or horniness of a person, likened to that of a mammal.
examples: text: The runner had high hopes, but was out of contention after the first heat.
glosses: A preliminary race, used to determine the participants in a final race.
examples: text: The first heat of the Rotary Young Chef Competition went underway on Monday 16th December…
ref: 2019 December 20, Becca, lakedistricthotels.net:
glosses: A stage in a competition, not necessarily a sporting one; a round.
examples: text: I can make a scroll like that in a single heat.
text: The smiths themselves were a grand lot of fellows, full of a robust, and sometimes Rabelaisian sense of humour, and between "heats," they could be most entertaining.
ref: 1945 January and February, A Former Pupil, “Some Memories of Crewe Works—III”, in Railway Magazine, page 13:
glosses: One cycle of bringing metal to maximum temperature and working it until it is too cool to work further.
examples: text: The children stayed indoors during this year's summer heat.
glosses: A hot spell.
examples: text: I'm freezing; could you turn on the heat?
glosses: Heating system; a system that raises the temperature of a room or building.
examples: text: During the power outage we had no heat because the controls are electric. Older folks like more heat than the young.
glosses: The output of a heating system.
examples: text: …many pauses are required for refreshment betwixt the heats….
ref: 1767, John Dryden, THE MISCELLANEOUS WORKS OF JOHN DRYDEN,Esq; Containing all his ORIGINAL POEMS, TITLES, AND TRANSLATIONS, IN FOUR VOLUMES.: VOLUME THE THIRD, page xxvii:
glosses: A violent action unintermitted; a single effort.
examples: text: The heat! Scram!
text: What a field day for the heat / A thousand people in the street
ref: 1966 December, Stephen Stills, “For What It's Worth”performed by Buffalo Springfield:
text: If you’re black / You might as well not show up on the street / Unless you want to draw the heat
ref: 1976, Jacques Levy, Bob Dylan, “Hurricane”, in Desire, performed by Bob Dylan:
glosses: The police.
examples: text: You carrying heat?" "You saw me unload the pistol," Hugo said. "It's in the waistband. And the kitchen knife. I need that for eating.
ref: 1983, Larry Niven with Jerry Pournelle, Lucifer's hammer, page 508:
text: Evidently, he wasn't carrying heat with him at the time." "Civilized place like Rome, why bother?" Granger observed.
ref: 2004, Tom Clancy, The Teeth of the Tiger, page 62:
text: Pogo Burns is not a guy who likes to be threatened with a rifle. Especially when it's for no good reason. You never show heat unless you plan to use it.
ref: 2005, John Sayles, Pride of the Bimbos, page 187:
text: "I should have brought some heat for you." "Heat?" "A burner, man, a gun."
ref: 2007, Brian Groh, Summer People, page 234:
text: Both were carrying heat, and I slipped their pieces into my pants pockets.
ref: 2008, James Swain, The Night Stalker, page 92:
glosses: One or more firearms.
examples: text: Whoa, that guy is rocking some serious heat.
text: Even the boy bands had heat.
ref: 2011 September 26, Nick Restivo, “Choreographed Kicks: A History of Boy Bands in Sneaker Heat”, in Complex, New York, N.Y.: Complex Networks, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 29 Aug 2023:
text: The sneaker release calendar is unpredictable like the weather. Some kicks are pure heat, while others deserve to be left out in the cold. Sifting through the mass isn't easy.
ref: 2020 July 2, Fabian Gorsler, “This Week's Sneaker Weather Forecast Gets Hot & Sweaty”, in Highsnobiety, archived from the original on 29 Aug 2023:
text: So from a working standpoint, does everyone wear heat in the kitchen? I heard you and your chefs talking about it before the interview.
ref: 2021 September 4, Ross Dwyer, “Sole Mates: Chef James Kent and the Union x Air Jordan 1”, in Hypebeast, archived from the original on 25 Dec 2022:
text: February is always a great month for sneakers. Thanks to the NBA All-Star Game, all of the league's brightest stars use the platform as an opportunity to debut some new heat.
ref: 2023 May 1, Pat Benson, “The NBA's Top Ten Sneakers of February”, in Sports Illustrated, New York, N.Y.: Arena Group Holdings, Inc., →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 29 Aug 2023:
glosses: Stylish and valuable sneakers.
topics: government
hobbies
lifestyle
martial-arts
military
politics
professional-wrestling
sports
war
wrestling
glosses: A negative reaction from the audience, especially as a heel (or bad character), or in general.
Derived terms: afterheat
animal heat
bioheat
bloodheat
body heat
bottom heat
canned heat
catch heat
dead heat
deheat
feel the heat
heat alarm
heat apoplexy
heat bank
heat barrier
heat capacity
heat check
heat checker
heat conductance
heat conductivity
heat day
heat death
heat death of the universe
heat detector
heat dome
heat dump
heaten
heat engine
heat exchange
heat exchanger
heat exhaustion
heatful
heat gun
heat haze
heat index
heat intolerance
heat island
heat labile
heat lamp
heatless
heat lightning
heat map
heatmapping
heat of fusion
heat of passion
heat of reaction
heat of transformation
heat of vaporization
heat paste
heat plot
heat-proof
heatproof
heat pump
heat rash
heat-ray
heat resistant
heat-resistant
heatronic
heat rub
heat-seal
heatseeker
heat-seeking
heatshield
heat shield
heat shock
heat shock protein
heat shrink
heatsick
heat sink
heatspot
heat spreader
heat stable
heat storm
heatstroke
heat stroke
heat thunder
heat time
heat transfer
heat-treat
heat treater
heat treatment
heat vision
heatwave
heat wave
heaty
humid heat
in heat
in the heat of the moment
Joulean heat
Joule heat
latent heat
like a bitch on heat
like a dog in heat
like a dog on heat
molar heat capacity
more heat than light
Nernst heat theorem
on heat
out of heat
over-heat
pack heat
prickly heat
put the heat on
red heat
Scoville heat unit
specific heat
specific heat capacity
take the heat
tan heat
the heat is on
turn up the heat
ultraheat
white heat