Irish Dictionary
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| Irish Slang | ¡@ | meaning in English |
| Hames | n | a mess - 'He made a right hames of the job' |
| Happy out | v | everything is sorted out now or you're generally happy with the situation |
| Hard Neck | n | cheek |
| Hardchaw, Hardman | n | rough person, the type who's ready for a fight at the drop of a hat - "Yeah you, wha' ya lookin' a?" |
| Hard Tack | n | spirits (usually whiskey), neat |
| Hash | n | to mess up, e.g. I made a hash of it |
| Haven't got a baldy | phr | no chance |
| Haven't got a snowball's chance in hell | phr | no chance; longer version of above |
| Having the painters in | phr | having your period |
| Head | n | friend or pal e.g. How's it going head? |
| Header | n | nutcase, unstable person |
| Head the ball | n | foolish person/ or generic name for any person |
| Heavin' | v | thronged/packed i.e the place was heavin last Saturday |
| Heel | n | the first or last slice of a loaf of bread |
| Heifer | n | an ugly country woman (the consensus being that she looks like a cow) |
| Hick or Hickey/Hickster | a/n | unfashionable |
| High babies | a | senior infants' school |
| Hit and miss | n | piss |
| Hole | n | arse |
| Hole in the wall | n | ATM |
| Holliers | n | holidays |
| Holy show | n | spectacle |
| Hoofed | v | walked |
| Hooley | n | party or celebration |
| Hoor | n | whore |
| Hoor's Melt | n | private part of a hoor |
| Hop, on the | n | bunk school, playing truant |
| Horrors | n | drunk, e.g. I was in the horrors last night |
| Hot Press | n | airing cupboard, where the hot water geyser is. |
| How are the men? | phr | said on entering a non-local pub (usually in the country) when there are a few of the locals present. It breaks the ice apparently |
| How's the form? | phr | how are you? |
| How's the talent? | phr | Is
there anyone good looking/ interesting about? |
| Howya | phr | "how are you?" - typical greeting |
| Hump, the | n | sulking |
| Hunkers, on your | n | crouching down (squatting) |