3 PHRASE If you have been had , someone has tricked you, for example by selling you something at too high a price. [INFORMAL ] □ If your customer thinks he's been had, you have to make him happy.
4 PHRASE If you say that someone has had it , you mean they are in very serious trouble or have no hope of succeeding. [INFORMAL ] □ Unless she loses some weight, she's had it.
5 PHRASE If you say that you have had it , you mean that you are very tired of something or very annoyed about it, and do not want to continue doing it or it to continue happening. [INFORMAL ] □ I've had it. Let's call it a day.
had|dock /hæ dək/ (haddock ) N‑VAR Haddock are a type of edible sea fish that are found in the North Atlantic.
Ha|des /he I diːz/ N‑PROPER In Greek mythology, Hades was a place under the earth where people went after they died.
hadn't /hæ d ə nt/ Hadn't is the usual spoken form of 'had not'.
haemo|glo|bin /hiː məgloʊ b I n/ in AM, use hemoglobin N‑UNCOUNT Haemoglobin is the red substance in blood, which combines with oxygen and carries it around the body.
haemo|philia /hiː məf I liə/ in AM, use hemophilia N‑UNCOUNT Haemophilia is a medical condition in which a person's blood does not thicken or clot properly when they are injured, so they continue bleeding.
haemo|phili|ac /hiː məf I liæk/ (haemophiliacs ) in AM, use hemophiliac N‑COUNT A haemophiliac is a person who suffers from haemophilia.
haem|or|rhage /he mər I dʒ/ (haemorrhages , haemorrhaging , haemorrhaged ) in AM, use hemorrhage 1 N‑VAR A haemorrhage is serious bleeding inside a person's body. □ Shortly after his admission into hospital he had a massive brain haemorrhage and died. □ These drugs will not be used if hemorrhage is the cause of the stroke.
2 VERB If someone is haemorrhaging , there is serious bleeding inside their body. □ [V ] I haemorrhaged badly after the birth of all three of my sons. □ [V ] If this is left untreated, one can actually haemorrhage to death. ● haem|or|rhag|ing N‑UNCOUNT □ A post mortem showed he died from shock and haemorrhaging.
3 N‑SING A haemorrhage of people or resources is a rapid loss of them from a group or place, seriously weakening its position. □ [+ of ] The haemorrhage of our brightest and most devoted doctors and nurses increases.
4 VERB To haemorrhage people or resources means to lose them rapidly and become weak. You can also say that people or resources haemorrhage from a place or organization. □ [V n] Venice is haemorrhaging the very resource which could save it: its own people. □ [V + from ] The figures showed that cash was haemorrhaging from the conglomerate.
haem|or|rhoid /he mərɔ I dz/ (haemorrhoids ) in AM, use hemorrhoid N‑COUNT [usu pl] Haemorrhoids are painful swellings that can appear in the veins inside the anus. [MEDICAL ]
hag /hæ g/ (hags ) N‑COUNT If someone refers to a woman as a hag , they mean that she is ugly, old, and unpleasant. [OFFENSIVE , DISAPPROVAL ]
hag|gard /hæ gə r d/ ADJ Someone who looks haggard has a tired expression and shadows under their eyes, especially because they are ill or have not had enough sleep. □ He was pale and a bit haggard.
hag|gis /hæ g I s/ (haggises ) N‑VAR A haggis is a large sausage, usually shaped like a ball, which is made from minced sheep's meat contained inside the skin from a sheep's stomach. Haggis is traditionally made and eaten in Scotland.
hag|gle /hæ g ə l/ (haggles , haggling , haggled ) VERB If you haggle , you argue about something before reaching an agreement, especially about the cost of something that you are buying. □ [V + with ] Ella taught her how to haggle with used furniture dealers. □ [V ] Meanwhile, as the politicians haggle, the violence worsens. □ [V ] Of course he'll still haggle over the price. ● hag|gling N‑UNCOUNT □ After months of haggling, they recovered only three-quarters of what they had lent.
hah /hɑː / → see ha
ha ha or ha ha ha
1 EXCLAM Ha ha is used in writing to represent the sound that people make when they laugh. □ 'I'll come and see how you're getting on!' —'Ha ha ha! Thanks, Peter.'
2 EXCLAM People sometimes say ' ha ha ' to show that they are not amused by what you have said, or do not believe it. [SPOKEN ] □ He said 'vegetarians unite', and I looked at him and said 'yeah, ha ha.'
hail /he I l/ (hails , hailing , hailed )
1 VERB [usu passive] If a person, event, or achievement is hailed as important or successful, they are praised publicly. □ [be V -ed + as ] He has been hailed as the best centreback in the land. □ [V n + as ] U.S. magazines hailed her as the greatest rock'n'roll singer in the world. [Also be V -ed n]
2 N‑UNCOUNT Hail consists of small balls of ice that fall like rain from the sky. □ …a sharp short-lived storm with heavy hail.
3 VERB When it hails , hail falls like rain from the sky. □ [V ] It started to hail, huge great stones.
4 N‑SING A hail of things, usually small objects, is a large number of them that hit you at the same time and with great force. □ [+ of ] The victim was hit by a hail of bullets.
5 VERB Someone who hails from a particular place was born there or lives there. [FORMAL ] □ [V + from ] I hail from Brighton.