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heap¹
- /hiːp/
- /heːp/ Ireland, dated
Rhymes with -iːp
Where it comes from
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)).
noun heaps
- A crowd; a throng; a multitude or great number of people. A Heap of Vassals, and Slaues: […] A People that is without Naturall Affection, […] A Nation without Morality, without Letters, Arts, or Sciences
- A pile or mass; a collection of things laid in a body, or thrown together so as to form an elevation. a heap of earth; a heap of stones
- A great number or large quantity of things. a vast heap, both of places of scripture and quotations
- A data structure consisting of trees in which each node is greater than all its children.
- Memory that is dynamically allocated. You should move these structures from the stack to the heap to avoid a potential stack overflow.
- A dilapidated place or vehicle. My first car was an old heap.
- A lot, a large amount. Thanks a heap!
verb heaps · heaping · heaped
-
To pile in a heap.
He heaped the laundry upon the bed and began folding.
Similar: amass
- To form or round into a heap, as in measuring. Cry a reward, to him who shall first bring News of that vanished Arabian, A full-heap’d helmet of the purest gold.
- To supply in great quantity. They heaped praise upon their newest hero.
adverb
- very or much; representing broken English stereotypically or comically attributed to Native Americans Chuckaway too no good. Heap water, little chuckaway. Heap sticks, and still little chuckaway.
Heap²
Where it comes from
English surname, from the noun heap.
proper noun
- A surname.
HEAP³
noun HEAPs
- Acronym of high explosive armor-piercing
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: pile, lot, muckle, mickle, great deal, slew, plenty, wad, mass, sight, mess, deal, spate, mound, hatful, mint
Translations
Every language
noun crowd
| Português | multidão |
|---|---|
| Deutsch | Menschenmenge, Masse |
| Italiano | folla, massa, moltitudine |
noun pile
| Español | montón |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 더미 deomi, 무더기 mudeogi |
| 日本語 | 重ね kasane, 塚 tsuka, 堆積 taiseki, 積み重ね tsumikasane, 山 yama |
| 中文 | 堆 duī |
| हिन्दी | ढेर ḍher |
| Português | pilha, monte |
| Français | tas, pile, monceau |
| Deutsch | Haufen, Haufe |
| Italiano | pila, cumulo, catasta, mucchio |
| Ελληνικά | σωρός sorós, στοίβα stoíva |
| Română | groapă |
| Русский | ку́ча kúča, гру́да grúda, во́рох vórox, ки́па kípa |
| Tiếng Việt | đống, gò |
noun great number or large quantity of things
| Português | monte |
|---|---|
| Français | tas |
| Italiano | moltitudine, massa, marea |
| Русский | ку́ча kúča |
noun type of data structure
| Español | montículo |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | ヒープ hīpu |
| 中文 | 堆 duī |
| Português | heap |
| Français | tas, pile |
| Deutsch | Heap |
| Ελληνικά | σωρός sorós |
| Русский | ку́ча kúča |
noun colloquial: dilapidated place or vehicle
| Português | carripana, calhambeque, chaço, chaço-velho |
|---|
verb to pile in a heap
| Español | amontonar |
|---|---|
| Português | empilhar, amontoar |
| Italiano | ammucchiare, ammassare, accatastare |
| Ελληνικά | στοιβάζω stoivázo |
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title = {heap},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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