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| Hack | Amateur; unskilled (Ned is just a hack writer.) |
| Hack it | To endure (Octavio is confident that he can hack it.) |
| Hairy | Scary (Vincent got into a hairy situation.) |
| Half in the bag | Drunk (I think Steve is half in the bag tonight.) |
| Hand it to | To give credit (I must hand it to you. You know the opposition.) |
| Hand-me-down | Used item (Paula had to wear her sister's hand-me-downs.) |
| Handle | 1. To take care of (John can handle the matter.) 2. Name used in CB [Citizen Band] radio talk (What's your handle?) |
| Hang around | To wait (Can you hang around here for a few minutes?) |
| Hang out | Associate with (Teenagers like to hang out together.) |
| Hangdog look | Sad (Barbara dumped Joe and now he has a hangdog look.) |
| Hangout | A secret location (The bank robbers went to their hangout.) |
| Hangover | Feeling after being drunk (Oliver has a bad hangover from drinking too much last night.) |
| Hanker | Desire [Cowboy talk] (The cowpokes have been hankering for a night on the town.) |
| Hard feelings | To be angry (I don't have any hard feelings against you.) |
| Hard knocks | Difficulties in life (Tom is learning from the school of hard knocks.) |
| Hard on | To be difficult with (Donny is hard on clothes and vehicles.) |
| Hard sledding | Difficulty (That family has endured hard sledding this past year.) |
| Hard up | To be desperate (You must be hard up to accept a date with Evelyn.) |
| Hardnose | Mean/strict person (Look out for the hardnose at work.) |
| Has-been | Formerly famous, now unknown person (Many actors become has-beens.) |
| Hardon | To be angry with; excited for (Saul has a hardon for fast cars.) |
| Haul out | 1. To depart quickly (We better haul out of here.) 2. To remove/take out (Bobby hauled out all of his toys.) |
| Have a ball | Much fun; enjoyable (Everyone had a ball at the party.) |
| Have a beef | To have a complaint; [also known as "Got a beef"] |
| Have a blast | Very fun; enjoyable (We had a blast visiting with you.) |
| Have a clue | To be aware; know (Dorothy hasn't got a clue about how to cook.) |
| Have a cow | To be angry/upset (You don't need to have a cow about this!) |
| Have a few minutes | Spend time with someone (Noriko has a few minutes before going to work.) |
| Have a field day | To enjoy (I'm going to have a field day at the British museum!) |
| Have a fling | To have a sexual encounter (He decided against having a fling.) |
| Have a heart | To be compassionate (Have a heart. Please forget my mistake.) |
| Have a screw loose | Crazy (It's evident that he has a screw loose.) |
| Have all day | Much time (I don't have all day to hear your complaint.) |
| Have an affair | Adultery (Don't make the mistake of having an affair.) |
| Have an angle | To scheme (Anita always seems to have an angle.) |
| Have enough of | Sufficient (We had enough of the the party's loud noise.) |
| Have head examined | Crazy (If you believe that, you should have your head examined.) |
| Have no business | Not someone's concern (He has no business asking you that.) |
| Have the blues | Dejected; despondent (Jose seems to have the blues today.) |
| Have the goods on | To know the truth (Newsmen have the goods on our governor.) |
| Have time | Available to do something (Dad has time now for the ball game.) |
| Have to | Must (You have to leave now.) |
| Have (your) cake and eat it | To gain a desired item (Jim wants to have his cake and eat it too.) |
| Haymaker | a knockout punch (Ralph launched a haymaker to the guy's chin.) |
| Hayseed | Farmer [rude] (Bobby is another hayseed coming to the city.) |
| Head, the | Toilet (Sailors call a toilet the head.) |
| Head back | To return (It's time for us to head back home.) |
| Head for the hills | Leave quickly (Head for the hills! Trouble is coming.) |
| Head honcho | Main leader (Who is the head honcho here?) |
| Head is screwed on | To act or think (Joe has his head screwed on wrong.) |
| Head out | To depart (Let's head out before it gets too late.) |
| Head over | To go; to proceed (Bob decided to head over to the nearest table.) |
| Head over heels | To love or be infatuated (Jill fell head over heels with Billy.) |
| Head spin, make | Flabbergasted; unbelievable (His lies can make my head spin.) |
| Head up | To lead (Hiroko wants to head up the dinner committee.) |
| Heads or tails | Choose between two options (Do you want heads or tails?) |
| Heads up | Warning; be prepared (This is a heads up. We'll have a pop quizz today.) |
| Headshrinker | A psychiatrist |
| Hear you, (I) | (I) understand what you mean. |
| Heart as big as all outdoors | Very generous and kindly person |
| Heart bleeds | To feel sorry (My heart bleeds for handicapped people.) |
| Heart of gold | Kind and generous (Pauline has a heart of gold.) |
| Hearts and flowers | Sentimental (Jack is feeling all hearts and flowers today.) |
| Heater | A gun (Malone gave his gang new heaters.) |
| Heavy | 1. Much (There is heavy traffic on the road) 2. A burden (He's not heavy; he's my brother.) |
| Hedge a bet | To be careful (Let's leave early just to hedge our bets.) |
| Here's looking at you | Statement or toast to recognize another person. |
| Here's mud in your eye | Statement or toast to recognize another person. |
| Here's to you | Statement or toast to recognize another person. |
| Hey | Mild expression to attract attention |
| Hi | Hello |
| Hick | Rural person/farmer [rude] (You can find plenty of hicks out in the county.) |
| Hickey | Mark of affection caused by sucking the skin, usually on the neck |
| Hide nor hair of | To be seen (We never saw hide nor hair of Tim in the house.) |
| High, a | Narcotics experience (He hoped to get a high from the dope.) |
| High on the hog | Lavish (Fran loves to live high on the hog.) |
| High-hat | To disdain (David decided to high-hat travel by train.) |
| High-strung | Anxious (Jill is a bit high-strung while waiting to learn if she won.) |
| High-tail it out of | Run cowardly [Cowboy term] (The cowpoke high-tailed it out of town.) |
| Hijack | Take without permission (Thieves hijacked our new pickup truck.) |
| Hip | Popular; in the know (Jeremy is a real hip guy.) |
| Hipped on | Excited about (Matt is hipped on knowing about astronomy.) |
| His nibs | Boss, a (His nibs expects servile service.) |
| Hit | To visit (Mark decided to hit a few stores before returning home.) |
| Hit, a | A success (The new movie is a big hit.) |
| Hit on | To flirt (Richard tried to hit on Debbie.) |
| Hit pay dirt | To become rich/lucky (She hit pay dirt with Roger.) |
| Hit the bottle | To drink alcohol (Julius is hitting the bottle again.) |
| Hit the ceiling | Very angry (Mom hit the ceiling after seeing Otto's bad grades.) |
| Hit the deck | To avoid danger (People hit the deck once the shooting started.) |
| Hit the jackpot | To win much (Benny hit the jackpot in Las Vegas.) |
| Hit the nail on the head | Exactly right (Your evaluation of Johnny hit the nail on the head.) |
| Hit the road | To depart (It's time for us to hit the road.) |
| Hit the sack | To sleep (I'm very sleepy. It's time to hit the sack.) |
| Hit the trail | To depart [Cowboy term] (Ranch hands know when to hit the trail.) |
| Hiya | Hello to you. |
| Hmm | Expression of contemplation |
| Hog (something) | Not share (Carl usually hogs the ball when he plays with other people.) |
| Ho-hum | Boring; ordinary (George has a ho-hum job and plans to quit.) |
| Hold a candle to | A comparison (Dan doesn't hold a candle to Anna's boyfriend.) |
| Hold down | 1. To maintain (I hope your boyfriend can hold down a job.) 2. To downtrod (someone) (You can't hold Joe down for long.) |
| Hold it | Wait (Hold it right there! You're not coming with us.) |
| Hold it down | Do not be loud (Let's try to hold it down. OK?) |
| Hold it down to a roar | Do not make so much noise. |
| Hold (my) breath | Be silent (Nate was determined to hold his breath about what happened.) |
| Hold on | Wait (Hold on a minute. We can go later.) |
| Hold onto | To grasp (Hold onto that idea.) |
| Hold the fort | To defend; be watchful (Hold the fort while I look for help.) |
| Hold the phone! | Wait (Hold the phone! I'm not ready to go yet.) |
| Hold up | Wait; stop (Hold up there and give us a rest.) |
| Hold water | Validity (Joe's concept doesn't hold water.) |
| Hold (your) horses | Be patient (Hold your horses. We still have time before the movie starts.) |
| Holdup | A robbery (A gang made a holdup at the bank.) |
| Hole in the head | Crazy; ridiculous (You must have a hole in the head. That's a crazy idea.) |
| Hole up | To hide (Don realized it was not sage to hole up in his home.) |
| Holler uncle | To admit defeat (Boys hit Sammy until he hollered uncle.) |
| Holy cow | Expression of surprise |
| Holy hannah | Expression of surprise |
| Holy mackeral | Expression of surprise |
| Holy smoke | Expression of surprise |
| Homerun | 1. Score a run in American baseball (Babe Ruth was a great homerun hitter.) 2. A success (The company scored a homerun with its new product.) |
| Honey | Term of endearment (Honey, I'll be home late tonight.) |
| Honey trap | Espionage method to entrap a target by using sex |
| Honeybunch | Term of endearment (Don't worry, honeybunch. I won't forget to buy milk.) |
| Hooch | Self-made liquor (Old Zeke likes to distill his own hooch.) |
| Hood, a | Thug; bully (Hoods at the high school bully younger students.) |
| Hoof it | To walk (We have to hoof it because my car is being repaired.) |
| Hooker | Prostitute (Hookers have a good business in red light districts.) |
| Hop, skip and jump | Close (My home is only a hop, skip and jump from here.) |
| Hop to it | Move quickly (After receiving an order, the soldiers hopped to it.) |
| Hopping mad | Very angry (Better be careful. Anna is hopping mad at you.) |
| Horn, the | Telephone (I'll talk to her. Give me the horn.) |
| Horn in | To interrupt (Hey, I didn't ask you to horn in.) |
| Horny | Sexually stimulated (He's starting to act horny.) |
| Horse around | To joke; act silly (Victor decided that he was too old to horse around.) |
| Horse's ass | A fool (He acted like a horse's ass again.) |
| Hoss | Fellow (also means "horse") [Cowboy talk] (Hey, hoss. Where are you going?) |
| Hot | 1. Sexy (I think she looks hot.) 2. Very desirable (This new computer is a hot item.) 3. Stolen or illegal (I refuse to buy any hot goods.) |
| Hot air | Boastful (His promise was nothing but hot air.) |
| Hot diggity! | Expression of pleasure (Hot diggity! That's a great idea.) |
| Hot dog | 1. Wiener in a bun (Jill refused to eat a hot dog for lunch.) 2. A person who shows off (Bobby is too much of a hot dog.) 3. To show off (Joey is hot-dogging again.) |
| Hot dog! | Expression of pleasure (Hot dog! I really want to go with you today.) |
| Hot lips | Sexually active (She's not called Hot Lips for nothing.) |
| Hot number | 1. Sexy girl (Mike is going with a hot number.) 2. Desirable item (That song is a hot number on the radio.) |
| Hot potato | Trouble; delicate problem (One agency passed its hot potato onto another.) |
| Hot time | Excitement (Everyone expected to have a hot time at the party.) |
| Hot to trot | Ready for action (The guys are hot to trot tonight.) |
| Hotrod | Specialty car that is fast (Two hotrods will race near the school tonight.) |
| Hotrod around | To cruise in town (Let's hotrod around tonight and get a few girls.) |
| Hots for, the | To be infatuated with someone (Susan has the hots for Mark.) |
| Hound (someone) | To torment (Corrupt officials are hounding Henry to sell his farm.) |
| Housedick | Hotel detective (The Grand Hotel in New York City has a housedick.) |
| How about (you)? | 1. Is this what you want? [also said as How 'bout or
Howz 'bout] 2. This is what I want. Can I have it? (How about this?) |
| How come? | Why? (How come you didn't help us last night?) |
| How do you like them apples? | Do you like this situation? |
| How does that grab you? | Do you like that? [Also said as: Howz that grab ya?] |
| How the dickens? | How did that happen? |
| Howdy | Hello [Cowboy talk] |
| Huh? | What? |
| Hurry up | Be quick (We should hurry up or we'll miss the bus.) |
| Hustle dates | To take a boy or a girl out for a fun time together |
| Hustler | Person who takes advantage of another |
| Hyped | Excited (Everyone is hyped about the Disneyland trip.) |
