heavyish.html - See: HANG HEAVY or HANG HEAVY ON ONE'S HANDS, HOT AND HEAVY.

heavyish.html - {n. phr.} A feeling of being weighed down with sorrow; unhappiness. * /They had very heavy hearts as they went to the funeral./

heavyish.html - {adj.} Made for long or hard use; very strong. * /The lumberman used heavy-duty trucks for hauling logs down the mountains./ * /The workers in the steel mill have heavy-duty gloves for handling hot steel./ * /Mrs. Carlson bought a heavy-duty cleanser to clean her greasy oven./

heavyish.html - {adj.} 1. Not skillful or graceful; clumsy. * /George is heavy-handed and seldom catches the ball./ * /My sister plays the piano badly; she is too heavy-handed./ * /Tim told a heavy-handed joke about the principal's baldness that embarrassed everyone./ 2. Likely to hit or punish hard; harsh or cruel in making (someone) obey. * /Years ago many fathers were heavy-handed bosses in their homes./ * /Many American colonists believed that the English tax collectors were too heavy-handed./ 3. See: HAM-HANDED.

heavyish.html - noun
and adjective (Music) (Youth Culture) A style of loud, vigorous rock music characterized by the use of heavily amplified instruments (typically guitar, bass, and drums), a strong (usually fast) beat, intense or spectacular performance, and often a clashing, harsh musical style; a later development of 'hard' rock. Often used as an adjectival phrase to describe music of this kind. Sometimes abbreviated to HM or metal. Etymology: Both metal and heavy metal were used in William Burroughs's novel Nova Express in 1964: At this point we got a real break in the form of a defector from The Nova Mob: Uranian Willy The Heavy Metal Kid. The phrase was probably more influential when used again in Steppenwolf's record Born to be Wild in 1968, referring to the culture of the biker: I like smoke and lightning, Heavy metal thunder. In addition to the conscious quotation from these sources, the name may well be influenced by the harsh, metallic sound of the music and its heavy beat, or even by the leather gear with metal studs typically worn by heavy metal bands and their followers. History and Usage : The term heavy metal was first used to refer to rock music by the music press of the mid seventies, seeking a dismissive label for what was otherwise known as hard rock. Gradually, though, heavy metal acquired a respectable status as a neutral term and came to be applied retrospectively to some of the groups formerly classified as hard rock (notably Led Zeppelin, who have come to be thought of as the founders of heavy metal). In the eighties the term was increasingly used adjectivally, and heavy metal proved to be one of the major strains of White pop music running alongside Black-inspired styles such as hip hop. The names of Heavy Metal groups like Deep Purple and Motorhead are inscribed on the back of his leather jacket. Daily Mirror 10 Apr. 1980, p.
12 New deal and line-up may give Girlschool new impetus in forest of macho HM bands. Rock Handbook (1986), p.
96 Heavy Metal band Skid Row will be performing at Brisbane's Festival Hall... Skid Row was voted best new band in the 1989 Hot Metal reader's poll and has worked with metal giants Bon Jovi, Aerosmith and Motley Crue. Sun (Brisbane)
23 Apr. 1990, p.
4 See also speed and thrash

heavyish.html - adj., n., & adv. --adj.

(heavier, heaviest)
1 of great or exceptionally high weight; difficult to lift.
2 a of great density. b Physics having a greater than the usual mass (esp. of isotopes and compounds containing them).
3 abundant, considerable (a heavy crop).
4 severe, intense, extensive, excessive (heavy fighting; a heavy sleep).
5 doing something to excess (a heavy drinker).
6 a striking or falling with force (heavy blows; heavy rain). b (of the sea) having large powerful waves.
7 (of machinery, artillery, etc.) very large of its kind; large in calibre etc.
8 causing a strong impact (a heavy fall).
9 needing much physical effort (heavy work).
10 (foll. by with) laden.
11 carrying heavy weapons (the heavy brigade).
12 (of a person, writing, music, etc.) serious or sombre in tone or attitude; dull, tedious.
13 a (of food) hard to digest. b (of a literary work etc.) hard to read or understand.
14 a (of temperament) dignified, stern. b intellectually slow.
15 (of bread etc.) too dense from not having risen.
16 (of ground) difficult to traverse or work.
17 oppressive; hard to endure (a heavy fate; heavy demands).
18 a coarse, ungraceful (heavy features). b unwieldy.

--n.

(pl. -ies)
1 colloq. a large violent person; a thug.
2 a villainous or tragic role or actor in a play etc. (usu. in pl.).
3 colloq. a serious newspaper.
4 anything large or heavy of its kind, e.g. a vehicle.

--adv.

heavily (esp. in comb.: heavy-laden).

heavier-than-air (of an aircraft) weighing more than the air it displaces. heavy chemicals see CHEMICAL . heavy-duty adj. intended to withstand hard use. heavy-footed awkward, ponderous. heavy going slow or difficult progress. heavy-hearted sad, doleful. heavy hydrogen = DEUTERIUM. heavy industry industry producing metal, machinery, etc. heavy metal 1 heavy guns.
2 metal of high density.
3 colloq. (often attrib.) a type of highly-amplified rock music with a strong beat. heavy petting erotic fondling between two people, stopping short of intercourse. heavy sleeper a person who sleeps deeply. heavy water a substance composed entirely or mainly of deuterium oxide. make heavy weather of see WEATHER .

heavily adv. heaviness n. heavyish adj. [OE hefig f. Gmc, rel. to HEAVE]