heap
1 noun also AGR, HORT, IND pilecarn masc1 cnap masc1 carnán masc1 the books were in a heap bhí na leabhair caite ina gcnap, bhí na leabhair ina gcarnánwe piled everything in a heap in the middle of the floor chaitheamar gach rud ina charn i lár an urláir 2 noun (also heaps) informal lot or lotsneart masc1 lear mór go leor he had heaps to do bhí neart le déanamh aige, bhí go leor le déanamh aigeI got heaps of cards fuair mé lear mór cártaíheaps of money na múrtha airgid, dalladh airgidyou're in a heap of trouble tá tú i dtrioblóid mhór, tá neart trioblóide tarraingthe ortTaispeáin iontráil iomlán
3 noun informal, pejorative (also heap of junk) old vehiclegliogar masc1 seanghliogar masc1seancharr masc1 he's trying to sell that heap of junk tá sé ag iarraidh an seanghliogar sin a dhíol, tá sé ag iarraidh an seanrud sin a dhíol 4 verb pile sth somewhere TRANSITIVEcuir i gcarncarn verb carn a dhéanamh de he heaped the old newspapers chuir sé na sean-nuachtáin i gcarn, rinne sé carn de na sean-nuachtáinshe heaped spaghetti on the plates chuir sí carn spaigití ar na plátaí, chuir sí neart spaigití ar na plátaíthe soil was heaped up behind the wall bhí an chré carntha taobh thiar den bhalla 5 verb shower sth on sb TRANSITIVEhe heaped praise on the doctors mhol sé na dochtúirí go hard na spéireshe heaped criticism on them cháin sí go géar iadthey're heaping ridicule on him tá siad ag déanamh ceap magaidh de, tá sé ina bhambairne acu