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Lowercase, Number The eighth numeral symbol of the English alphabet, called aitch and written in the Latin script.
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characteralso spelled H/eɪt͡ʃ/ · /heɪt͡ʃ/
H
noun/heɪtʃ/ · letter, name /eɪtʃ/
Etymology From Latin H, from Ancient Greek Η (Ē).
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Ball games, Baseball, Games, Hobbies, Lifestyle, Sports Abbreviation, Usually Abbreviation of hits.
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Abbreviation, Slang, Usually Abbreviation of heroin.
- “Anyway, when he came out of Patsy's room, I grabbed him by the arm and said, ‘Gee whiz, doc, haven't you got a couple of pills for me—even demerol?’ ” / Willie broke off to explain. “That's a synthetic. We call them demmies. If you can't buy H or M, why, demmies will do the trick.”1956, Jess Stearn, Sisters of the Night: The Startling Story of Prostitution in New York Today, New York: Julian Messner, Inc., page 59:
- Then I got some H / From my old Uncle Pete / Now I'm startin' to feel / Like I might've ODed2006, Hank Williams III, “Crazed Country Rebel”, in Straight to Hell:
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Journalism, Media Abbreviation, Usually Abbreviation of half-year.
- We expect the amendment to enter into force in H2 2013.
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UK, Usually A grade of pencil with lead that makes darker marks than a pencil of grade 2H; a pencil with hard lead.
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UK, Usually A pencil of grade H.
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Abbreviation, Usually, In job listings Abbreviation of handicap.
- EOE M/F/V/H
H
advEtymology Calque of Arabic هـ (h-)
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Synonym of AH: in the year of the Hegira, used to mark dates employing the Islamic calendar.
H
adjEtymology Borrowed from Japanese H, alternative form of エッチ (etchi), in turn from English H as an abbreviation of Japanese 変態 (hentai, “pervert”). A doublet of ecchi (“erotic, lascivious”) and hentai (“pornographic anime, manga, etc.”).
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Pornographic in a way characteristic of hentai.
- H scene
- I am going to Berkeley, CA and I was wondering if there were any nearby places to go to get good nasty H stuff. And do you have any recommendations?1993 August 5, Eric B. Shen, “Help with H manga needed! :-)”, in alt.manga (Usenet), retrieved 15 Mar 2023:
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- This artwork predicates a very H SCENE immediately following this capture.2018 January 3, [anonymous], “/tg/ - Traditional Games » Thread #57240679”, in Desuarchive [originally posted on 4chan], Bibliotheca Anonoma, archived from the original on 15 Mar 2023, [post #57242424]:
- Who needs Yotsubato for easy JP reading material when you have raw untranslated H doujinshi / You can jack off AND feel like you've accomplished something2020 September 29, @GAVINASSS, Twitter, archived from the original on 29 Sep 2020:
H
characterEtymology From Latin H, from Ancient Greek Η (Ē).
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Letter, Uppercase The eighth letter of the English alphabet, called aitch and written in the Latin script.
- On several occasions, indeed, he did learn E, F, G, H, but by the time he knew them, it was always discovered that he had forgotten A, B, C, and D.1943 November – 1944 February (date written; published 1945 August 17), George Orwell [pseudonym; Eric Arthur Blair], Animal Farm […], London: Secker & Warburg, published May 1962, →OCLC:
H
numEtymology From Latin H, from Ancient Greek Η (Ē).
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Uppercase, Number The eighth numeral symbol of the English alphabet, called aitch and written in the Latin script.
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