Complete Definition of "heavy"

English

rank|company|sweet|duty|614|heavy|single|foot|beauty

Etymology
OE. hefig|hefiġ.

Pronunciation
AHD|hev'i, IPA|/�h�vi/, SAMPA|/"hEvi/
audio|en-us-heavy.ogg|Audio (US)
:Rhymes:English:-�vi|Rhymes: -�vi

Adjective
en-adj|heavier|heaviest

  1. context|of a physical object Having great weight.
  2. context|of a topic serious|Serious, somber.
  3. context|UK|slang Good.

#:This film is heavy.

  1. context|of a rate of flow high|High, great.
  2. context|UK|slang Armed.

#:Come heavy, or not at all.

  1. context|Music terminology louder, more distorted

#:''Metal is heavier than swing.

Translations
trans-top|having great weight
Afrikaans: swaar
Albanian: t-|sq|rëndë|xs=Albanian
Arabic: ARchar|ث��� (θaqiil)
Arabic, Egyptian: ARchar|ت��� (ti�iil)
Amuzgo: ja
Chinese: �� (zhòngde)
Crimean Tatar: avur
Croatian: t-|hr|težak
Czech: t+|cs|t�žký|m
Danish: t-|da|tung
Dutch: t+|nl|zwaar, t-|nl|zware
Esperanto: peza
Finnish: t+|fi|painava, t+|fi|raskas
French: t+|fr|lourd|m, t-|fr|lourde|f
Frisian: swier
German: t+|de|schwer
Greek: t|el|βα���|m|sc=Grek (varýs)
Hungarian: t-|hu|nehéz
Icelandic: t+|is|þungur
Italian: t+|it|pesante|m|f, t+|it|pesanti
Japanese: �� (���, omoi)
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Korean: t-|ko|무거�|sc=Hang
Kurdish: KUchar|��رس
Latin: gravis m, f
Navajo: nisdaaz (I am heavy), ndaaz (it is heavy)
Old English: t-|ang|hefig|althefiġ|xsOld English
Old Norse: þungr
Polish: t+|pl|ci�żki
Portuguese: t+|pt|pesado|m, t+|pt|pesada|f
Rohingya: bór
Romanian: greu m, grea f
Romany: ph�ro
Russian: ��жел�й|��ж�л�й (tyazholyj) m, ��жела� f, ��желое n, ��жел�е p
Scottish Gaelic: trom
Spanish: t+|es|pesado, t-|es|pesada
Telugu: బర�వ�న (baruvaina)
Swedish: t+|sv|tung
Vietnamese: t+|vi|nặng|xs=Vietnamese
Welsh: t-|cy|trwm|xs=Welsh
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trans-top|serious
Finnish: t+|fi|vakava, t+|fi|painava
Greek: t|el|�οβα���|m|sc=Grek (sovarós)
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Noun
en-noun|pl2=heavies

  1. A villain or bad guy; the one responsible for evil or aggressive acts.

#:With his wrinkled, uneven face, the actor always seemed to play the heavy in films.

  1. slang A doorman, bouncer

#:A fight started outside the bar then the heavies came out and stopped it.

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