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hed.

The headline of a news story.

3 characters1 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun
  1. The headline of a news story.

    slang
  2. Archaic spelling of head.

    alt-of · archaic
Where this word comes from

Deliberately altered spelling of head, to distinguish the word as not belonging in a journalistic story. Compare lede (“lead, introduction”). Also an archaic spelling.

verb
  1. Pronunciation spelling of had, representing dialectal English.

    alt-of · nonstandard · pronunciation-spelling
Where this word comes from

Altered spelling of had.

verb
  1. simple past and past participle of heed

    form-of · informal · obsolete · participle · past
    They finally hed my warnings!
Where this word comes from

See heed.

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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.