Meanings
hea1
- alternativeuncountableAlternative spelling of hea'.
- alternativenot comparableAlternative spelling of hea'.
alternative hea'
- not comparablechiefly Hawaii or African-American VernacularHere.
Da truck is ova hea.
The truck is over here.
3 more examples
"She no stay home, I coming right back ova hea, and I goin' fuckin' kill you. So you tink about what you telling me. Cause if I come back, I no kea if you get fuckin' fifty pigs ova hea. I fuckin' kill 'um all." She smiled.
2007 April 1, Chris McKinney, The Tattoo: A Novel, Soho Press, →ISBN“Roll back ova hea'an...” No, this nigga didn't. “Nigga? Is that Shiree? Are you for real fuckin' laid up right now?” I yelled into the phone. I ain' even need an answer. The nigga started stutterin' and fumblin' the phone. I hung.
2012 April 24, Ni'chelle Genovese, Baby Momma, Urban Books, →ISBN“Well, I likes it too, Peaches,” Mose said, grinning from ear to ear, “but if callin ya Pearl can gits ya ova hea when I calls ya den I's gon be callin ya Pearl. Come on ovah hea, Pearly gal, les see if it woks.
2014 05, Sharlene Tate, Beyond the Shackles of Double Tree, Xlibris Corporation, →ISBN, page 120
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plural HEAs
- abbreviationinitialismInitialism of high-entropy alloy.
- abbreviationinitialismInitialism of happily ever after.
Romance relies on familiar narrative formulas, like the guarantee of an “H.E.A.” or “happily ever after.”
2026 February 8, Alexandra Alter, “The New Fabio Is Claude”, in The New York Times, →ISSN1 more example
There's much debate over what is more powerful: historical romance that finds an HEA in spite of such truths and in the context of the past, or one that chooses to gift its characters an escapist fantasy generally the domain of white protagonists.
2022 August 30, Maureen Lee Lenker, “Hot Stuff: The summer's 8 best romance novels are thrilling, fun, and resonant romps”, in Entertainment Weekly
- UKabbreviationinitialismeducationInitialism of Higher Education Academy.
- abbreviationinitialismnot comparableslanglifestyleInitialism of happily ever after.
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveundemanding; with little workload
Origin
hea · adjective
- Cantonesehea
- Englishhea
From Cantonese hea (he³).
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Full word history & related roots →Cite this entry
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“hea.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hea. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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