Meaning of Heater | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A surname.
2. A device that produces and radiates heat, typically to raise the temperature of a room or building.
3. A person who heats something, for example in metalworking.
4. A gun.
   dated, slang
5. A fastball, especially one thrown at high velocity.
   slang
6. An extended winning streak.
   slang
7. A medieval European shield having a rounded triangle shape like a clothes iron.
   historical
8. A dead heat; a race in which two or more competitors reach the finish line simultaneously.
9. Synonym of banger (“a powerfully energetic or exceptional song”).
   slang

Equivalents

Examples

“Turn⟳ on the heater; I'm cold.”

““First you've got to sit⟳ up and go into the tackroom, because you are soaking wet⟳. And shivering.” […] The tackroom was cold, so Sam turned on the kerosene heater and found a wool cooler and wrapped her in it.”

“The thug pumped two rounds from his heater into her.”

“Jones threw a heater under his chin.”

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

“It can be assumed that as the earlier kite shield transformed into the heater shape⟳, there must have⟳ been versions in between the two styles. Indeed, in artwork of the Medieval period, shields are rarely present⟳ after 1450 and even then are quite small. The development of flattop heaters from larger kite shields is likely the result⟳ of increased fighting on horseback and the use⟳ of improved armor.”

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