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US
/ˈhip/
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[ UK /hˈiːp/ ]
[ UK /hˈiːp/ ]
NOUN
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a car that is old and unreliable
the fenders had fallen off that old bus -
(often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent
see the rest of the winners in our huge passel of photos
a batch of letters
a slew of journalists
a lot of money
a wad of money
it must have cost plenty
a deal of trouble
he made a mint on the stock market - a collection of objects laid on top of each other
VERB
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arrange in stacks
stack your books up on the shelves
heap firewood around the fireplace -
bestow in large quantities
She heaped scorn upon him
He heaped him with work -
fill to overflow
heap the platter with potatoes
How To Use heap In A Sentence
- It's hay that may have become moldy - if it was moist when put in the haymow - but it is just as effective for mulching as good hay, and a great deal cheaper.
- Last year there was only me and AA who were 1st years, plus AA is heaps older and I didn't know her at all.
- It will probably work out cheaper to hire a van and move your own things.
- He may also be able to find a sublet, many of the med students go home for the summer, so he may be able to find a furnished room/apartment for cheap.
- But the middle classes demanded cheaper and more accessible reading matter.
- They are also quite preternaturally ugly, bringing a rude abbreviation to the extension of the leg and drawing attention to the unbeautiful formlessness of the shoe, and the cheapness of its material and fabrication.
- They use cheap materials and actually destroy a lot of decent furniture and fittings in the process - if something is considered unfashionable it gets taken out or painted over.
- I thought his favor was excessive; certainly I never thought their powers were any more real than those cheapjack toadstone-peddlers or the granny-wives who claim they can put a bad word on someone's cow. The Silent Tower
- Will commercial vehicle operators buy long-lasting, reliable but expensive quality tyres, or cheap, short-life imports and re-moulds?
- Many of the wrecks around our coasts are either mine or torpedo victims, and either way there is a colossal bang, the ship gets a big chunk blown out of it and the rest lands in a heap nearby.
