Usually means: Loud, aggressive rock music genre.
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General (22 matching dictionaries)
  1. heavy metal: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. heavy metal: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. heavy metal: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. heavy-metal, heavy-metal, heavy metal: Collins English Dictionary
  5. heavy metal: Vocabulary.com
  6. heavy-metal, heavy metal: Wordnik
  7. heavy metal: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. heavy metal: Wiktionary
  9. heavy metal: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  10. heavy metal: Infoplease Dictionary
  11. Heavy metal, heavy-metal, heavy metal: Dictionary.com
  12. Heavy Metal (G.I. Joe), Heavy Metal (Marvel Comics), Heavy Metal (Sammy Hagar song), Heavy Metal (Takin' a Ride), Heavy Metal (film), Heavy Metal (magazine), Heavy Metal (wrestler), Heavy Metal, Heavy metal (chemical element), Heavy metal (chemistry), Heavy metal (film), Heavy metal: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  13. heavy metal: Rhymezone
  14. Heavy Metal (m), heavy metal, heavy metal, heavy metal (de), heavy metal (m): AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  15. heavy metal: Stammtisch Beau Fleuve Acronyms
  16. heavy metal: Free Dictionary
  17. heavy metal: Mnemonic Dictionary
  18. heavy metal: Dictionary/thesaurus
  19. Heavy metal: Phrase Finder
  20. Heavy metal (disambiguation): Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia

Art (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Essentials of Music (No longer online)
  2. Virginia Tech Multimedia Music Dictionary (No longer online)

Business (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Heavy Metal (cricket): Legal dictionary
  2. BusinessDictionary.com (No longer online)

Computing (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. heavy metal: Free On-line Dictionary of Computing
  2. heavy metal: Encyclopedia

Medicine (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  2. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  3. Heavy metal (Chemistry), heavy metal: Medical dictionary

Science (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Heavy Metal: Material Safety Data Sheets HyperGlossary

Slang (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. heavy metal: English slang and colloquialisms used in the United Kingdom
  2. Heavy Metal, heavy-metal: Urban Dictionary

Tech (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Schlumberger Oilfield Glossary (No longer online)
  2. Rane Professional Audio Reference (No longer online)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (heavy metal)

noun:  (sciences, countable) Any metal that has a specific gravity greater than about 5, especially one, such as lead, that is poisonous and may be a hazard in the environment. (There are many different definitions of what counts as a heavy metal; see Heavy metals for a discussion.)
noun:  (music, uncountable) A genre descended from rock music, characterized by the use of emphatic drumbeats, highly amplified distortion, and overall loudness; often featuring extended instrumental solos and powerful vocals.
noun:  (uncountable) guns or shot of large size.
noun:  (uncountable, figurative) Great influence or power.

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