heater
/ˈhitɚ/ noun B1- A device that produces and radiates heat, typically to raise the temperature of a room or building. · Turn on the heater; I'm cold.
- A person who heats something, for example in metalworking.
- A handgun. · The thug pumped two rounds from his heater into her.
- A fastball, especially one thrown at high velocity. · Jones threw a heater under his chin.
- An extended winning streak. · Emmy went on a heater in Las Vegas and came back six thousand dollars richer.
- A medieval European shield having a rounded triangle shape like a clothes iron.
- A dead heat; a race in which two or more competitors reach the finish line simultaneously.
- Synonym of banger (“a powerfully energetic or exceptional song”).
Plural heaters
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