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heavin'

heavin' is the pronunciation spelling of heaving.

Meaning of heaving

Adjective

heaving (comparative more heaving, superlative most heaving)

  1. (informal) Crowded with people.
    • Kinlochewe was heaving with cyclists and their vehicles on Saturday morning but somehow,^([sic]) the organisers had found space for everyone and the main roads were kept clear.2006 July 30, Tim Downie, “Ride Report: Bealach-na-Ba”, in uk.rec.cycling (Usenet)
  2. Of the chest, rising and falling noticeably from exertion, emotion, or laboured breathing.
  3. (literary) Of the bosom, full, ample, or voluptuous in form, irrespective of movement.
    • And here I might (if I followed the example of most travellers) launch out into a glowing description of the charms of these damsels, the elegant costumes they wore, and the gold and silver ornaments with which they were adorned. The jacket or body of purple gauze would figure well in such a...1869, Alfred Russel Wallace, The Malay Archipelago, volume I, London: Macmillan and Co., page 343

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Questions about heavin'

What is heavin' the pronunciation spelling of?
Heavin' is the pronunciation spelling of heaving.

Words near heavin' in the dictionary

  1. heaviest
  2. heaviest-duty
  3. heaviest-handed
  4. heavily
  5. Heavin
  6. heavin'
  7. heaviness
  8. heavinesses
  9. heaving
  10. heaving in sight
  11. heaving in view

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