Meanings
hh1
- abbreviationpluralplural onlyAbbreviation of hands (one hand being four inches).
For a 15.2hh–16.2hh horse the average stride length is 3.6m (12ft).
2007, Lesley Bayley, The Photographic Guide to Schooling Your Horse, David & Charles, →ISBN, page 127
HH2
- NazismabbreviationinitialismInitialism of Heil Hitler.
- NazismUsed to indicate one's support for Nazism.
- abbreviationinitialismInitialism of Her Highness.
- abbreviationinitialismInitialism of His Highness.
- abbreviationinitialismInitialism of His Holiness.
- abbreviationinitialismInitialism of Hansestadt Hamburg, the German city of Hamburg; used on licence plates and informally in other contexts.
Let's meet in HH tomorrow.
Synonyms: HB
plural HHs
- abbreviationinitialismaeronauticsInitialism of heavy helicopter.
- abbreviationinitialismInitialism of household.
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- medicineA blood group system involving the presence of either the H or the h antigen on the surface of a person's red blood cells.
Synonyms & antonyms
interjectionSynonym of hhh (“a sigh; laughter”).
Origin
Hh · proper noun
Initialism of Hedgehog; the gene and the signaling pathway are named after the protein.
Full word history & related roots →Hh · proper noun
From the two antigenic variants involved in the blood group system (the H and h antigens).
Full word history & related roots →Cite this entry
hh. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hh
“hh.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hh. Accessed November 2, 2026.
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