het_up | ||
1. | [ adjective ] made warm or hot | |
Synonyms: | heated het heated_up | |
Examples: | "a heated swimming pool" "wiped his heated-up face with a large bandana" (`het' is a dialectal variant of `heated' as in "he was all het up and sweaty") |
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Related terms: | hot | |
2. | [ adjective ] (informal) worked up emotionally by anger or excitement | |
Examples: | "was terribly het up over the killing of the eagle" "got really het up over the new taxes" "he was suddenly het up about racing cars" |
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Related terms: | colloquialism emotional | |
Similar spelling: |
heat_up head_up heath_pea hot_up |