✋ A salute shout 🗣️ To salute loudly ✋ To salute

heil

5 9.9

A loud shout used as a salute to praise a leader by extremist groups

interjection
/haɪl/

Offensive

: heil

Heil, friends, as we gathered for our annual celebration.
Sieg heil
crowd in unison
heil. Crowd

I'm not just everything about Tesla is the best HEIL Tesla.

Examples

Heil, doctor.

Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me (1999)
Heil!

Alpha Dog (2006)
Heil this and heil that.

Fiction book (1993)
Heil, everybody.

Long Shot (2019)
Heil to the champions of our team during the victory parade!
Heil was shouted by the crowd as the leader took the stage.

Synonyms

heigh

vsheil

Archaic

5 9.9

A shout that shows joy or encourages others

is used to praise or hail and has extremist political associations

hoorah

vsheil

Informal

3 7.9

A short shout people say to show joy or approval

is mainly used to hail people and has extremist political associations

huzzah

vsheil

Archaic

3 9.9

A loud old-fashioned word people shout to show joy or approval

is used to hail people and carries historical extremist associations

hola

vsheil

1 7.8

A friendly call to get someone's attention or say hello

is mainly used to hail people and has extremist political associations

Compounds

Daily Heil

Offensive

9.9

A joking and critical name for the British newspaper the Daily Mail that mocks its sensational coverage

Surface Forms

heil main

Etymology

Heil comes from an old German word heil meaning 'whole' or 'safe', and is related to English words like heal and whole. It was used as an exclamation to wish safety or praise, but today it is strongly associated with extremist salutes and so can be shocking.