| heater | |
| 1. n. A device that produces and radiates heat, typically to raise the temperature of a room or building. | |
| Turn on the heater; I'm cold. | |
| 2. n. A person who heats something, for example in metalworking. | |
| 3. n. (dated, slang) A gun. | |
| The thug pumped two rounds from his heater into her. | |
| 4. n. (baseball, slang) A fastball, especially one thrown at high velocity. | |
| Jones threw a heater under his chin. | |
| 5. n. (gambling, slang) An extended winning streak. | |
| Emmy went on a heater in Las Vegas and came back six thousand dollars richer. | |
| 6. n. (historical) A medieval European shield having a rounded triangle shape like a clothes iron. | |
