Definition of "H"

H¹

/eɪtʃ/

letter
upper case, lower case h, plural Hs or H's
1. The eighth letter of the English alphabet, called aitch and written in the Latin script.
  Quotations
  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.
  1945 August 17, George Orwell [pseudonym; Eric Arthur Blair], chapter 3, in Animal Farm […], London: Secker & Warburg
noun
usually uncountable, plural Hs
1. (baseball) Abbreviation of hits.
2. (slang) Abbreviation of heroin.
  Quotations
  “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 ODed
  2006, Hank Williams III (lyrics and music), “Crazed Country Rebel”, in Straight to Hell
3. (journalism) Abbreviation of half-year.
4. (Britain) A grade of pencil with lead that makes darker marks than a pencil of grade 2H; a pencil with hard lead.
  1. A pencil of grade H.
5. (in job listings) Abbreviation of handicap.
6. (India, Hinduism, Internet slang) Abbreviation of Hindu; mostly used by Indian Muslim netizens primarily towards Hindutva supporters.
adjective
not comparable
1. (Britain) Abbreviation of hard in reference to a grade of pencil lead.
2. (linguistics) Abbreviation of high in reference to a dialect's social status.
3. (philately) Abbreviation of hinged.
number
upper case, lower case h
1. The ordinal number eighth, derived from this letter of the English alphabet, called aitch and written in the Latin script.
proper noun
1. (religion) A hypothetical source proposed to underlie the Holiness Code and to have influenced various other parts of the Torah.
  Quotations
  H is priestly, evincing concern for cultic sacrifices, cultic observances, the behavior of priests, and ethical matters. H is not P, however, as it has unique vocabulary and contradicts several aspects of Priestly theology, such as the status of the Israelites, the importance of "the land," and whether YHWH or the Israelites own the land.
  2015, Jason M. H. Gaines, The Poetic Priestly Source, Minneapolis: Fortress Press, page 277

H²

adverb
not comparable
1. (calendar terms) Synonym of AH: in the year of the Hegira, used to mark dates employing the Islamic calendar.

H³

adjective
comparative more H, superlative most H
1. Pornographic in a way characteristic of hentai.
  Quotations
  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 2023-03-15
  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 2023-03-15
  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 something
  2020 September 29, @GAVINASSS, Twitter‎, archived from the original on 2020-09-29

Definition of "H"

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