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hef

/hɛf/

hef is the clipping of hefeweizen.

Meaning of hefeweizen

Noun

hefeweizen (countable and uncountable, plural hefeweizens)

  1. An unfiltered type of wheat beer.

Proper noun capitalized: Hef

Hef

  1. (informal) A nickname for Hugh Hefner, American businessman and playboy.
    • In a desperate attempt to impress Laura, Bart begins bathing and sashaying about in a smoking jacket while sucking thoughtfully on a bubble pipe as part of his new pint-sized Hef persona.2012 May 27, Nathan Rabin, “TV: Review: THE SIMPSONS (CLASSIC): “New Kid On The Block” (season 4, episode 8; originally aired 11/12/1992)”, in The Onion AV Club

Forms of hef

pluralhefs

Origin of hef

Clipping of Hefner.

Words that rhyme with hef

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Questions about hef

What does hef mean?
Hef means a nickname for Hugh Hefner, American businessman and playboy.
What is hef the clipping of?
Hef is the clipping of hefeweizen.
What part of speech is hef?
Hef is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce hef?
Hef is pronounced /hɛf/.

Words near hef in the dictionary

  1. heeze
  2. Heeze-Leende
  3. heezed
  4. heezes
  5. heezing
  6. hef
  7. HEFA
  8. HEFCE
  9. Hefei
  10. hefemale
  11. hefemales

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Adapted from Wiktionary: hef (page history and authors); Hef (page history and authors); hefeweizen (page history and authors). 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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