(journalism, slang) The headline of a news story. / Archaic spelling of head.

(nonstandard) Pronunciation spelling of had, representing dialectal English.

(informal, obsolete) simple past tense and past participle of heed

(geology) Acronym of howardite, eucrite, diogenite. Pertaining to howarditic/eucritic/diogenitic material.

plural of hed

(US, journalism) A brief news item in a newspaper consisting of a one-line heading and a single paragraph, especially one of little interest added to fill space.

plural of K-hed

A small mammal, of the family Erinaceidae or subfamily Erinaceinae (spiny hedgehogs, the latter characterized by their spiny back and often by the habit of rolling up into a ball when attacked.)

(military) To make use of a hedgehog barricade as a defensive maneuver. / To array with spiky projections like the quills of a hedgehog. / (transitive, intransitive) To curl up into a defensive ball.

Devoted to pleasure; epicurean.