"hefty" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˈhɛfti/ Audio: en-us-hefty.ogg [US] Forms: heftier [comparative], heftiest [superlative]
Rhymes: -ɛfti Etymology: 19th century. From heft (“weight”) + -y. The similarity with German heftig (“vigorous, violent, intense”) is apparently coincidental. From the German are Dutch, Danish, Norwegian heftig, Swedish häftig. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|heft|y|gloss1=weight}} heft (“weight”) + -y, {{cog|de|heftig|t=vigorous, violent, intense}} German heftig (“vigorous, violent, intense”), {{cog|nl|-}} Dutch, {{cog|da|-}} Danish, {{cog|no|-}} Norwegian, {{cog|sv|häftig}} Swedish häftig Head templates: {{en-adj|er}} hefty (comparative heftier, superlative heftiest)
  1. Heavy, strong, vigorous, mighty, impressive. Translations (impressive, mighty): mahtava (Finnish), beeindruckend (German), poderoso (Portuguese), impresionant (Romanian), впечатля́ющий (vpečatljájuščij) (Russian), могу́щественный (mogúščestvennyj) (Russian), etkileyici (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-hefty-en-adj-LY52epny Disambiguation of 'impressive, mighty': 71 1 18 10 0
  2. Strong; bulky. Translations (strong, bulky): як (jak) (Bulgarian), здрав (zdrav) (Bulgarian), fors (Dutch), stevig (Dutch), tukeva (Finnish), deftig (German), klobig (German), robusto (Portuguese), solid (Romanian), большо́й (bolʹšój) (Russian), объёмистый (obʺjómistyj) (Russian), масси́вный (massívnyj) (Russian), изря́дный (izrjádnyj) (Russian), оби́льный (obílʹnyj) (Russian), çam yarması gibi (Turkish), iri (Turkish), iri yarı (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-hefty-en-adj-F8VxINwZ Disambiguation of 'strong, bulky': 5 84 3 0 8
  3. (of a person) Possessing physical strength and weight; rugged and powerful; powerfully or heavily built. Translations (powerfully or heavily built): як (jak) (Bulgarian), stevig (Dutch), tanakka (Finnish), vanttera (Finnish), baraqué (French), kräftig (German), mächtig (German), stark (German), katete (Maori), -radji (Ngazidja Comorian), robusto (Portuguese), forte (Portuguese), дю́жий (djúžij) (note: of a person) (Russian), здорове́нный (zdorovénnyj) (Russian), си́льный (sílʹnyj) (Russian), мо́щный (móščnyj) (Russian), robusto (Spanish), güçlü kuvvetli (Turkish), kuvvetli (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-hefty-en-adj-weLh1mlA Disambiguation of 'powerfully or heavily built': 5 6 78 7 3
  4. Heavy, weighing a lot.
    Sense id: en-hefty-en-adj-nyokUeds
  5. (colloquial, of a number or amount) Large. Tags: colloquial
    Sense id: en-hefty-en-adj-Wi6UNMYQ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -y Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 1 5 34 3 57 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -y: 2 6 26 9 58
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Translations (heavy): тежък (težǎk) (Bulgarian), fors (Dutch), zwaar (Dutch), tuhti (Finnish), lourd (French), schwer (German), katete (Maori), toimaha (Maori), taumaha (Maori), ciężki (Polish), pesado (Portuguese), тяжёлый (tjažólyj) (Russian), pesado (Spanish), ağır (Turkish)
Derived forms: heftily, heftiness, hefty price tag, hefty premium, hefty profice, hefty price, hefty penalty, hefty fine, hefty portion, hefty salary, hefty gain, hefty increase, hefty amount, hefty sum, hefty check, hefty fee Disambiguation of 'heavy': 47 0 2 52 0

Inflected forms

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      "word": "hefty increase"
    },
    {
      "word": "hefty amount"
    },
    {
      "word": "hefty sum"
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      "word": "hefty check"
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      "name": "cog"
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      "name": "cog"
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      "args": {
        "1": "no",
        "2": "-"
      },
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      "name": "cog"
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      "args": {
        "1": "sv",
        "2": "häftig"
      },
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    }
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      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "heftiest",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
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  "pos": "adj",
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        "English terms with usage examples"
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          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1934, Frank Richards, The Magnet, Kidnapped from the Air",
          "text": "The Remove dormitory echoed to the old, familiar sound of Bunter's hefty snore.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
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        "Heavy, strong, vigorous, mighty, impressive."
      ],
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          "strong",
          "strong"
        ],
        [
          "vigorous",
          "vigorous"
        ],
        [
          "mighty",
          "mighty"
        ],
        [
          "impressive",
          "impressive"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "They use some hefty bolts to hold up road signs.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
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        "Strong; bulky."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "bulky",
          "bulky"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "He was a tall, hefty man.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Possessing physical strength and weight; rugged and powerful; powerfully or heavily built."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "physical",
          "physical"
        ],
        [
          "weight",
          "weight"
        ],
        [
          "rugged",
          "rugged"
        ],
        [
          "powerful",
          "powerful"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(of a person) Possessing physical strength and weight; rugged and powerful; powerfully or heavily built."
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "of a person",
        "of a person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "She carries a hefty backpack full of books.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Heavy, weighing a lot."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Heavy",
          "heavy"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English colloquialisms",
        "English terms with usage examples"
      ],
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        {
          "text": "That's going to cost you a hefty sum.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "a hefty fine",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Large."
      ],
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        "(colloquial, of a number or amount) Large."
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "of a number or amount",
        "of a number or amount"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "colloquial"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈhɛfti/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɛfti"
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-hefty.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/1/17/En-us-hefty.ogg/En-us-hefty.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/17/En-us-hefty.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (US)"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "težǎk",
      "sense": "heavy",
      "word": "тежък"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "heavy",
      "word": "fors"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "heavy",
      "word": "zwaar"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "heavy",
      "word": "zwaar"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "heavy",
      "word": "tuhti"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "heavy",
      "word": "lourd"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "heavy",
      "word": "schwer"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "heavy",
      "word": "katete"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "heavy",
      "word": "toimaha"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "heavy",
      "word": "taumaha"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "heavy",
      "word": "ciężki"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "heavy",
      "word": "pesado"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "tjažólyj",
      "sense": "heavy",
      "word": "тяжёлый"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "heavy",
      "word": "pesado"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "heavy",
      "word": "ağır"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "impressive, mighty",
      "word": "mahtava"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "impressive, mighty",
      "word": "beeindruckend"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "impressive, mighty",
      "word": "poderoso"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "impressive, mighty",
      "word": "impresionant"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "vpečatljájuščij",
      "sense": "impressive, mighty",
      "word": "впечатля́ющий"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "mogúščestvennyj",
      "sense": "impressive, mighty",
      "word": "могу́щественный"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "impressive, mighty",
      "word": "etkileyici"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "jak",
      "sense": "strong, bulky",
      "word": "як"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "zdrav",
      "sense": "strong, bulky",
      "word": "здрав"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "strong, bulky",
      "word": "fors"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "strong, bulky",
      "word": "stevig"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "strong, bulky",
      "word": "tukeva"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "strong, bulky",
      "word": "deftig"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "strong, bulky",
      "word": "klobig"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "strong, bulky",
      "word": "robusto"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "strong, bulky",
      "word": "solid"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "bolʹšój",
      "sense": "strong, bulky",
      "word": "большо́й"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "obʺjómistyj",
      "sense": "strong, bulky",
      "word": "объёмистый"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "massívnyj",
      "sense": "strong, bulky",
      "word": "масси́вный"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "izrjádnyj",
      "sense": "strong, bulky",
      "word": "изря́дный"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "obílʹnyj",
      "sense": "strong, bulky",
      "word": "оби́льный"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "strong, bulky",
      "word": "çam yarması gibi"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "strong, bulky",
      "word": "iri"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "strong, bulky",
      "word": "iri yarı"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "jak",
      "sense": "powerfully or heavily built",
      "word": "як"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "powerfully or heavily built",
      "word": "stevig"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "powerfully or heavily built",
      "word": "tanakka"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "powerfully or heavily built",
      "word": "vanttera"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "powerfully or heavily built",
      "word": "baraqué"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "powerfully or heavily built",
      "word": "kräftig"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "powerfully or heavily built",
      "word": "mächtig"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "powerfully or heavily built",
      "word": "stark"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "powerfully or heavily built",
      "word": "katete"
    },
    {
      "code": "zdj",
      "lang": "Ngazidja Comorian",
      "sense": "powerfully or heavily built",
      "word": "-radji"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "powerfully or heavily built",
      "word": "robusto"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "powerfully or heavily built",
      "word": "forte"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "note": "of a person",
      "roman": "djúžij",
      "sense": "powerfully or heavily built",
      "word": "дю́жий"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "zdorovénnyj",
      "sense": "powerfully or heavily built",
      "word": "здорове́нный"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "sílʹnyj",
      "sense": "powerfully or heavily built",
      "word": "си́льный"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "móščnyj",
      "sense": "powerfully or heavily built",
      "word": "мо́щный"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "powerfully or heavily built",
      "word": "robusto"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "powerfully or heavily built",
      "word": "güçlü kuvvetli"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "powerfully or heavily built",
      "word": "kuvvetli"
    }
  ],
  "word": "hefty"
}

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