Meaning

1 senses

  1. (not comparable, offensive, possibly)Very or much; representing broken English stereotypically or comically attributed to Native Americans

Examples

43 sentences

  1. She heaped her plate with salad.

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  2. I have heaps of work to do.

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  3. The unemployed always wind up at the bottom of the heap.

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  4. Get rid of that heap of old newspapers.

    ruВыброси эту кучу старых газет. — wondersz1

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  5. I have heaps of money.

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Origin

From Middle English hepe, from Old English hēap, from Proto-West Germanic *haup, from Prot

From Middle English hepe, from Old English hēap, from Proto-West Germanic *haup, from Proto-Germanic *haupaz (compare Dutch hoop, German Low German Hupen, German Haufen), from Proto-Indo-European *koupos (“hill”) (compare Lithuanian kaũpas, Albanian qipi (“stack”), Avestan 𐬐𐬂𐬟𐬀 (kåfa)).

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See also

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