"HC" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: HCs [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} HC (plural HCs)
  1. (organic chemistry) Initialism of hydrocarbonate. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: hydrocarbonate Categories (topical): Organic chemistry
    Sense id: en-HC-en-noun-5m7k~lHl Topics: chemistry, natural-sciences, organic-chemistry, physical-sciences
  2. (organic chemistry, refrigeration) Initialism of hydrocarbon., a class of molecules containing hydrogen and carbon atoms Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: hydrocarbon (extra: a class of molecules containing hydrogen and carbon atoms) Categories (topical): Organic chemistry
    Sense id: en-HC-en-noun-osrjQF70 Topics: chemistry, natural-sciences, organic-chemistry, physical-sciences
  3. (sports) Initialism of hockey club. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: hockey club Categories (topical): Sports Translations (hockey club): HK (hokejový klub) (Czech), CH (english: club de hockey) (French), EK (Eishockey Klub) (German)
    Sense id: en-HC-en-noun-5hD26n26 Topics: hobbies, lifestyle, sports Disambiguation of 'hockey club': 0 0 98 0 0 1 1
  4. (fandom slang) Initialism of headcanon. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, slang Alternative form of: headcanon
    Sense id: en-HC-en-noun-mUpqlUat Topics: lifestyle
  5. (music, subculture) Abbreviation of hardcore. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of Alternative form of: hardcore Categories (topical): Culture, Music
    Sense id: en-HC-en-noun-3CRwGpiI Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music
  6. (cycling) Abbreviation of hors categorie. (French HC) Tags: abbreviation, alt-of Alternative form of: hors categorie (extra: French HC) Categories (topical): Cycling Hypernyms: AC (english: athletics; athletics club; as in all sporting activities), SC (english: sports club)
    Sense id: en-HC-en-noun-0bXkcyW7 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 7 8 8 2 2 34 37 2 Topics: cycling, hobbies, lifestyle, sports Related terms: CFC (english: chlorofluorocarbon), HCFC (alt: hydrochlorofluorocarbon), HFC (alt: hydroflurocarbon), fluorocarbon, halocarbon, chlorocarbon, AC (english: athletics; athletics club; as in track-and-field), BC (english: baseball club), BC (english: basketball club), FC (english: football club), SC (english: soccer club)
  7. (sports) Initialism of head coach. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: head coach Categories (topical): Sports
    Sense id: en-HC-en-noun-dTIYnroS Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 7 8 8 2 2 34 37 2 Topics: hobbies, lifestyle, sports

Verb

Forms: HCs [present, singular, third-person], HCing [participle, present], HCed [participle, past], HCed [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb}} HC (third-person singular simple present HCs, present participle HCing, simple past and past participle HCed)
  1. (fandom slang) Alternative letter-case form of hc Tags: alt-of, slang Alternative form of: hc
    Sense id: en-HC-en-verb-9iGvkCUZ Topics: lifestyle

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      "code": "fr",
      "english": "club de hockey",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "hockey club",
      "word": "CH"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "hockey club",
      "word": "EK (Eishockey Klub)"
    }
  ],
  "word": "HC"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "English countable nouns",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English nouns",
    "English verbs",
    "English words without vowels"
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "HCs",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "HCing",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "HCed",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "HCed",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "HC (third-person singular simple present HCs, present participle HCing, simple past and past participle HCed)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "word": "hc"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        "English fandom slang"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Alternative letter-case form of hc"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "fandom",
          "fandom"
        ],
        [
          "slang",
          "slang"
        ],
        [
          "hc",
          "hc#English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(fandom slang) Alternative letter-case form of hc"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "alt-of",
        "slang"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "lifestyle"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "HC"
}

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