heavy
A villain or bad guy; the one responsible for evil or aggressive actsA villain or bad guy; the one responsible for evil or aggressive acts.
» This is as heavy as lead.
Das ist so schwer wie Blei.
Оно тяжёлое, как свинец.
Воно важке як камінюка.
Meaning
7 senses(slang)A villain or bad guy; the one responsible for evil or aggressive acts.
With his wrinkled, uneven face, the actor always seemed to play the heavy in films.
(slang)A doorman, bouncer or bodyguard.
A fight started outside the bar but the heavies came out and stopped it.
A prominent figure; a "major player".
(in the plural, slang)A newspaper of the quality press.
A relatively large multi-engined aircraft.
(historical)A member of the heavy cavalry.
(archaic, slang)A serious theatrical role.
a serious (or tragic) role in a play
Examples
1488 sentencesThis is as heavy as lead.
Воно важке як камінюка. — pinaxe
ruОно тяжёлое, как свинец. — fjay69
deDas ist so schwer wie Blei. — Adelpa
You're twice as heavy as me.
Ти вдвічі від мене важчий. — deniko
ruТы в два раза тяжелее меня. — marafon
Tom isn't as heavy as Mary.
Том не такий важкий, як Мері. — deniko
I'm not as heavy as Tom.
Я не такий важкий як Том. — deniko
ruЯ не такой тяжёлый, как Том. — marafon
deIch bin nicht so schwer wie Tom. — raggione
The box is too heavy to carry.
Коробка занадто важка щоб її перенести. — ChickenKiev
deDiese Kiste ist zu schwer, um sie zu tragen. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Translations
2 languagesOrigin
From Middle English hevy, heviȝ, from Old English hefiġ, hefeġ, hæfiġ (“heavy; important,From Middle English hevy, heviȝ, from Old English hefiġ, hefeġ, hæfiġ (“heavy; important, grave, severe, serious; oppressive, grievous; slow, dull”), from Proto-West Germanic *habīg (“heavy, hefty, weighty”), from Proto-Germanic *habīgaz (“heavy, hefty, weighty”), from Proto-Indo-European *kap- (“to take, grasp, hold”). Equivalent to heave + -y. Related to have.
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Forms
plural: heavies / heavysWord family
2 related wordsCollocations
12 patterns- as heavy as
- is too heavy
- heavy rain
- of the heavy
- the heavy rain
- a heavy drinker
- a heavy smoker
- too heavy for
- the heavy snow
- much heavier than
- heavy traffic
- heavy metal