heater

English

Heater (device that produces and radiates heat).

Heater (gun).

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Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -iːtə(r)

Etymology

to heat + -er

Noun

heater (plural heaters)

1. A device that produces and radiates heat, typically to raise the temperature of a room or building.

   Turn on the heater; I'm cold.

2. (dated, slang) A gun.

   The thug pumped two rounds from his heater into her.

3. (baseball, slang) A fastball.

   Jones threw a heater under his chin.

4. (gambling, slang) An extended winning streak.

   Emmy went on a heater in Las Vegas and came back six thousand dollars richer.

Translations

device that produces and radiates heat

• Arabic: مدفأة (ar) (midfāʾa) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 加熱器 (cmn), 加热器 (cmn) (jiārèqì), 暖氣 (cmn), 暖气 (cmn) (nuǎnqì)

• Esperanto: hejtilo (eo)
• Finnish: lämmitin (fi), patteri (fi)
• French: radiateur (fr) m
• Georgian: please add this translation if you can
• German: Heizgerät (de) n
• Italian: riscaldatore (it) m, radiatore (it) m
• Japanese: ヒーター (ja) (hītā), ストーブ (ja) (sutōbu)

• Korean: 히터 (ko) (hiteo)
• Portuguese: aquecedor (pt) m
• Russian: обогреватель (ru) (obogrevátelʹ) m, печь (ru) (pečʹ) f, нагревательный прибор (ru) (nagrevátelʹnyj pribór) m, (heat sink) батарея (ru) (bataréja) f, (heat sink) радиатор (ru) (radiátor) m
• Scottish Gaelic: teasadair (gd) m
• Spanish: calefactor (es) m
• Turkish: ısıtıcı (tr)
• Vietnamese: bếp lò (vi), lò (vi)
• Volapük: hitöm (vo)

a gun

• Russian: (archaic) револьвер (ru) (revolʹver) m, пистолет (ru) (pistolet) m

See also

• heating

Anagrams

• aether, æther, hearte, hereat, reheat