HEAT
- (initialism) . (military) '''H'''igh '''E'''xplosive '''A'''nti-'''T'''ank — antitank munition using a high explosive shaped charge to breach armour.
- Noun. (uncountable, physics) thermal energy.
- Noun. (uncountable) The condition or quality of being hot.
- Noun. (uncountable) An attribute of a spice that causes a burning sensation in the mouth.
- Noun. (uncountable) A period of intensity, particularly of emotion.
- Noun. (uncountable) An undesirable amount of attention.
- Noun. (uncountable, slang) The police.
- Noun. (uncountable, slang) One or more firearms.
- Noun. (countable, baseball) A fastball.
- Noun. (uncountable) A condition where a mammal is aroused sexually or where it is especially fertile and therefore eager to mate.
- Noun. (countable) A preliminary race, used to determine the participants in a final race.
- Noun. (countable) One cycle of bringing metal to maximum temperature and working it until it is too cool to work further.
- Noun. (countable) A hot spell.
- Verb. To cause an increase in temperature of an object or space; to cause something to become hot; often with "up".
- Verb. to arouse, to excite (sexually).
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