| hair lackies (n) | elastic hair bands |
| handle (n) | glass of beer (Northern Territory), pitcher of beer (Western Australia) |
| Hansard (n) | Printed transcript of State and Federal Parliament sessions, with minor corrections and explanations added. Like the U.S. Congressional record |
| happy as Larry (adj) | very happy |
| hard word (adj) | a stern talking to "I gave him the hard word about that mistake." |
| hard yakka (n) | hard work |
| Hardie Board | asbestos board used in construction of old homes |
| Hardie Fence (n) | corrugated pressed fiber and cement boards used for fencing |
| hash key (n) | The pound sign on a telephone. "Dial the number then press the hash key." |
| hasn't got a brass razzoo (adj) | one who has nothing "I haven't got a brass razzo." |
| have a burl (v) | give it a try |
| have a fang (v) | to eat |
| have a go (v) | to try |
| have a lend of (v) | take advantage of someone's gullibility |
| have a naughty (v) | to have sex |
| heaps (adj) | many, lots of "I have heaps of good ideas." |
| HECS (n) | Higher Education Contribution Scheme a university loan |
| hens night (n) | bachelorette party |
| he's past it (adj) | over the hill |
| High Court (n) | Equivalent of the U.S. Supreme Court |
| high dependency unit (n) | intensive care ward in a hospital |
| Hills Hoist (n) | Australian designed variable height rotary clothes line |
| hire (n) (v) | rental, to rent "I dropped off the hire car." |
| his blood's worth bottling (adj) | a great guy |
| hissy fit (v) | to lose one's temper "He's just having a hissy fit. |
| hit and giggle (v) | women's tennis game |
| hob (n) | stovetop, gas or electric |
| Holden (n) | General Motors Australia auto manufacturing subsidiary See section on Australian cars. |
| holiday (n) | vacation "She's on holiday." |
| holus-bolus (v) | everything, all at once |
| home and hosed (adj) | finished, fixed, all done in a positive way |
| home open (n) (adj) | open house (real estate) Very short, less than an hour long. |
| hook turn (v) | Method of turning right in traffic around trams in Melbourne. See section on driving |
| Hooly-dooly! | "My goodness!" |
| hoon (n) | hooligan Usually a 16?35-year-old male displaying anti-social behavior, often in an automobile. |
| hooroo | goodbye |
| hoover (v) | to vacuum From the Hoover vacuum cleaner. |
| horses for courses (adj) | a way of pointing out obvious differences. From "different horses for different courses." |
| hotchpotch (adj) | Aussie for "hodge podge", an odd collection |
| hotel (n) | a pub with a bottle shop, can also be a place that rents rooms |
| hottie (n) | hot water bottle "On cold nights, I sleep with a hottie." |
| hotting up (adj) | heating up "The real estate market is hotting up. |
| How'd ya pull up? | "How did you do?" |
| How ya goin? | standard greeting, American equivalent: "How ya doing?" |
| how's your father (adj) | to have sex (British slang) "We were indulging in a spot of how's your father." |
| humpy (n) | temporary shelter Aboriginal: yumpi |
| hungi (n) | a charcoal-filled hole in the ground you cook in |
| hurl (v) | to vomit |