heap
/heːp/
noun
Meaning
A crowd; a throng; a multitude or great number of people.
A pile or mass; a collection of things laid in a body, or thrown together so as to form an elevation.
"a heap of earth or stones"
A great number or large quantity of things.
A data structure consisting of trees in which each node is greater than all its children.
Memory that is dynamically allocated.
"You should move these structures from the stack to the heap to avoid a potential stack overflow."
A dilapidated place or vehicle.
"My first car was an old heap."
A lot, a large amount
"Thanks a heap!"
verb
Meaning
To pile in a heap.
"He heaped the laundry upon the bed and began folding."
To form or round into a heap, as in measuring.
To supply in great quantity.
"They heaped praise upon their newest hero."
Synonyms
adverb
Meaning
(representing broken English stereotypically or comically attributed to Native Americans; may be offensive) Very.