Meaning

7 senses
  1. (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.

  2. (slang)A doorman, bouncer or bodyguard.

    A fight started outside the bar but the heavies came out and stopped it.

  3. A prominent figure; a "major player".

  4. (in the plural, slang)A newspaper of the quality press.

  5. A relatively large multi-engined aircraft.

  6. (historical)A member of the heavy cavalry.

  7. (archaic, slang)A serious theatrical role.

    a serious (or tragic) role in a play

Examples

1488 sentences
  1. This is as heavy as lead.

    Воно важке як камінюка. — pinaxe

    ruОно тяжёлое, как свинец. — fjay69

    deDas ist so schwer wie Blei. — Adelpa

  2. You're twice as heavy as me.

    Ти вдвічі від мене важчий. — deniko

    ruТы в два раза тяжелее меня. — marafon

  3. Tom isn't as heavy as Mary.

    Том не такий важкий, як Мері. — deniko

  4. 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

  5. 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 languages

Origin

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 / heavys
Singularheavy
Pluralheavies / heavys

regular

Word family

2 related words

Collocations

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

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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