Meaning of heat wave | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A period of exceptionally hot weather.
   idiomatic
2. Three consecutive days with daytime high temperature of 90 degrees Fahrenheit or higher.
   US, idiomatic
3. A period of at least three consecutive days with daily high temperatures of the respective county's temperature threshold or higher.
   UK, idiomatic
4. An electromagnetic wave in the infrared spectrum.

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Examples

“We're havin a heat wave / A tropical heat wave / The temperatures rising, it isn't surprising / She certainly can, can can! / She started a heat wave / By letting her seat wave, / in such a way that the customers say / that she certainly can, can-can!”

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