the eighth letter of the Hebrew alphabet (?)
noun
The definition of a het is the eighth letter of the Hebrew alphabet, or a shortened term for heterosexual, which is defined as someone who is attracted to members of the opposite sex.
An example of a het is a man who is attracted to women.
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Noun
(countable and uncountable, plural hets)
- (countable, slang) A heterosexual person.
- (uncountable, fandom slang) Fan fiction based on celebrities or fictional characters involved in an opposite-sex romantic and/or sexual relationship.
Origin
Clipping of heterosexual.
Verb
- (dialect) simple past tense and past participle of heat
Origin
See also: hétStrong conjugation of heat
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Sentence Examples
- It contains some fine carvings, many interesting old tombs, and a monument of Jan Nieuwenhuizen, the founder of the Society for Public Welfare (Tot Nut van het Algemeen) in 1785.
- Bosscha, Het Leven van Willem den Tweede, Koning der Nederlanden, 1793-1849 (Amsterdam, 1852); P. Blok, Geschiedenis der Nederlandsche Volk (Leiden, 1908).
- This page gives an overview of all articles in the 1911 Brittanica which are alphabetized under Het to Hir.
- Fruin, Het voorspel van den tachtigjariger oorlog (1866); J.
- The pretty wood at Winschoten was laid out by the Society for Public Welfare (Tot Nut van het Algemeen) in 1826.
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