contraction, det, name, noun, pron, verb, slang ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   plural of he form-of, plural
2. 2
   Initialism of house exchange system. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
3. 3
   plural of HE form-of, plural

Verb

1. 1
   Pronunciation spelling of has, representing dialectal English. alt-of, nonstandard, pronunciation-spelling

   "Jennie! Jennie! come an’ tell me thet the long-lost claim hes come back to Old Jack!"

Determiner

1. 1
   Alternative form of his when pronounced as he's; belonging to him. alt-of, alternative, nonstandard, uncommon

   "That's hes house over there."

Pronoun

1. 1
   Alternative form of his when pronounced as he's; that that belongs to him. alt-of, alternative, nonstandard, uncommon

   "The idea was hes not mine."

2. 2
   The person of unspecified gender previously mentioned or implied. gender-neutral, neologism, nominative, singular, third-person

Contraction

1. 1
   Alternative form of he's. alt-of, alternative, contraction, informal, nonstandard

Proper Noun

1. 1
   plural of He form-of, plural
2. 2
   Historic Environment Scotland.

Synonyms

All synonyms

itshetheyalteralter egoalterum

Example

More examples

"Jennie! Jennie! come an’ tell me thet the long-lost claim hes come back to Old Jack!"

Etymology

Etymology 1

From he's via a reduction of the apostrophe.

Etymology 2

A mixture of she and he. Coined by Ching Hai in 1990s.

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.