heater

plural heaters

1. A device that produces and radiates heat, typically to raise the temperature of a room or building.

   Turn on the heater; I'm cold.

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   “First you've got to sit up and go into the tackroom, because you are soaking wet. And shivering.” […] The tackroom was cold, so Sam turned on the kerosene heater and found a wool cooler and wrapped her in it.

   2001, Jane Smiley, Horse Heaven, New York, NY: Ballantine Books, →ISBN, page 61

2. A person who heats something, for example in metalworking.
3. datedslangA handgun.

   The thug pumped two rounds from his heater into her.

4. slangball gamesA fastball, especially one thrown at high velocity.

   Jones threw a heater under his chin.

5. slanggamblingAn extended winning streak.

   Emmy went on a heater in Las Vegas and came back six thousand dollars richer.

6. historicalA medieval European shield having a rounded triangle shape like a clothes iron.

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   It can be assumed that as the earlier kite shield transformed into the heater shape, there must have been versions in between the two styles. Indeed, in artwork of the Medieval period, shields are rarely present after 1450 and even then are quite small. The development of flattop heaters from larger kite shields is likely the result of increased fighting on horseback and the use of improved armor.

   1998, John Clements, Medieval Swordsmanship: Illustrated Methods and Techniques

7. hobbiesA dead heat; a race in which two or more competitors reach the finish line simultaneously.
8. slangSynonym of banger (“a powerfully energetic or exceptional song”).

   Synonyms: banger

plural Heaters

1. A surname.