Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

heaps

/hiːps/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.31 in modern English

Syllables: heaps
IPA: /hiːps/

10

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

1

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

noun

A large amount.

noun

Indicating a large amount or number.

Australian usage; Slang

verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of heap

adv

Very much, a lot

Colloquial

name

Example Sentences

"And heaps of objections, all of them involving countless difficulties, are going to face anyone who says either that being is some two things or that it is only one."
""We were a bit nervous about it, seeing heaps of surfers out there on the breaks," he said. "There were some nice breaks, but it looked pretty sketchy with the sharks, so yeah, we just tried to stay away from that beach.""
"I love him heaps."

Usage

Synonyms

tons dozens lots piles scores stacks loads rafts slews wads oodles gobs

Rhymes With

keeps sleeps creeps leaps sweeps peeps jeeps weeps beeps seeps reaps sheeps

Questions

How do you pronounce heaps?: The recorded pronunciation is /hiːps/.
What does heaps mean?: plural of heap

How to pronounce heaps

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