heater

noun8

1. •
   A device that produces and radiates heat, typically to raise the temperature of a room or building.

   • Turn on the heater; I'm cold.
2. •
   A person who heats something, for example in metalworking.
3. •
   (slang) A fastball, especially one thrown at high velocity.

   • Jones threw a heater under his chin.
4. •
   (slang, old-fashioned) A handgun.

   • The thug pumped two rounds from his heater into her.
5. •
   (slang) An extended winning streak.

   • Emmy went on a heater in Las Vegas and came back six thousand dollars richer.
6. •
   (slang) Synonym of banger (“a powerfully energetic or exceptional song”).
7. •
   (historical) A medieval European shield having a rounded triangle shape like a clothes iron.
8. •
   A dead heat; a race in which two or more competitors reach the finish line simultaneously.