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heater
noun- a revolver US, 1926
The term smacks of gangster films. - I’ll say what it takes to make you point that heater someplace else. — Mickey Spillane, Kiss Me Deadly, p. 50, 1952
- “Man, if I had my heater I bet I could shoot that sergeant down there dead between the eyes,” he said. — Chester Himes, The Real Cool Killers, p. 49, 1959
- When he came in I cold cocked him with an iron pipe and took the heater, a grand in foreskin and the dope out of his pockets. — Iceberg Slim (Robert Beck), Mama Black Widow, p. 100, 1969
- — Angela Devlin, Prison Patter, p. 61, 1996
- a linear amplifier for a citizens’ band radio US
- You might also be interested to know that while Uncle Charlie permits Class B transmissions up to 150 miles, you’d need one cotton pickin heater to do it. — Complete CB Slang Dictionary, p. 2, 1976
- a good-looking boy US
- — Connie Eble (Editor), UNC-CH Campus Slang, p. 3, Spring 1993
- an excellent thing US
- — Connie Eble (Editor), UNC-CH Campus Slang, p. 5, Spring 2003
- in poker, a period of good luck for one player UK
- “Paul sure got on a heater last night.” You will also hear that a player is “hot,” meaning that he is on a heater. — Dave Scharf, Winning at Poker, p. 236, 2003
- a large cigar US, 1918
- — Lou Shelly, Hepcats Jive Dictionary, p. 12, 1945
- He had this huge heater shoved in his mouth, and was puffing away with gusto. — Frederick Kohner, The Affairs of Gidget, p. 26, 1963
- He went back to the terrace puffing on the big heater. — Richard Condon, Prizzi’s Honor, p. 84, 1982
- a cigarette US
- — Merriam-Webster’s Hot Words on Campus Marketing Survey ‘93, p. 2, 13 October 1993
▶ take a heater
to defecate US- — Don R. McCreary (Editor), Dawg Speak, 2001
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