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heaps

/hiːps/

heaps noun: a large amount. Also the plural of heap.

Noun

heaps

  1. A large amount.
    • And heaps of objections, all of them involving countless difficulties, are going to face anyone who says either that being is some two things or that it is only one.2005, Plato, translated by Lesley Brown, Sophist, page 245e
  2. (Australia, slang) Indicating a large amount or number.
    • "We were a bit nervous about it, seeing heaps of surfers out there on the breaks," he said. "There were some nice breaks, but it looked pretty sketchy with the sharks, so yeah, we just tried to stay away from that beach."2025 January 4, “Surfing community again in mourning after latest shark attack on SA coast”, in ABC News (Australia)

Adverb

heaps (not comparable)

  1. (colloquial) Very much, a lot
    • I love him heaps.

Proper noun capitalized: Heaps

Heaps

  1. A surname.

Also used as

heaps is also the plural of heap.

heaps is also the third-person singular simple present indicative of heap.

heaps meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Gujarati

heaps in Hindi

ढेरों

heaps in Tamil

குவியல்கள்

heaps in Marathi

ढिगाऱ्या, ढीगभर

heaps in Gujarati

ઢગલાઓ

Phrases with heaps

Words that rhyme with heaps

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Questions about heaps

What does heaps mean?
Heaps means a large amount.
What is heaps in Hindi?
Heaps in Hindi is ढेरों. See Heaps meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is heaps?
Heaps can be a noun, an adverb or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce heaps?
Heaps is pronounced /hiːps/.

Words near heaps in the dictionary

  1. heaping on
  2. heaping up
  3. heapings
  4. heapmeal
  5. Heappey
  6. heaps
  7. heaps coals of fire on someone's head
  8. heaps on
  9. heaps up
  10. Heaps' law
  11. heapsful

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Adapted from Wiktionary: heaps (page history and authors); Heaps (page history and authors); heaps (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); heaps (Tamil, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); heaps (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); heaps (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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