heater

Plural: heaters

Noun

• An apparatus for heating a space or substance; a potent pitch.
• device that heats water or supplies warmth to a room
• (baseball) a pitch thrown with maximum velocity
• A device that produces and radiates heat, typically to raise the temperature of a room or building.
• A person who heats something, for example in metalworking.
• A gun.
• A fastball, especially one thrown at high velocity.
• An extended winning streak.
• A medieval European shield having a rounded triangle shape like a clothes iron.
• A dead heat; a race in which two or more competitors reach the finish line simultaneously.
• Synonym of banger (“powerfully energetic or very good song”).

Examples

• Emmy went on a heater in Las Vegas and came back six thousand dollars richer.
• His opponent’s HEATER of a play scorched the board, leaving him little room to maneuver.
• Jones threw a heater under his chin.
• The thug pumped two rounds from his heater into her.
• Turn on the heater; I'm cold.

Synonyms

bullet, fastball, hummer, smoke, warmer, banger

Related Words

heating