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heck

//hɛk//

Noun

A word that identifies a person, place, thing, or idea.

Interjection

A word or short phrase used to express a sudden emotion or reaction.

Verb

A word that expresses an action, state, or occurrence.

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Forms

Noun

A word that identifies a person, place, thing, or idea.

Plural
hecks

Verb

A word that expresses an action, state, or occurrence.

present (v1)
heck
past (v2)
hecked
past participle (v3)
hecked
present participle
hecking
3rd person singular
hecks

Definitions

Noun

A word that identifies a person, place, thing, or idea.

  1. 1.Hell.

    • You can go to heck as far as I'm concerned.
    • "And the railway industry needs a heck of a lot of people to be up-skilled," notes Darroch.
  2. 2.The bolt or latch of a door.(informal)

  3. 3.A rack for cattle to feed at.(informal)

  4. 4.A door, especially one partly of latticework.(informal)

Interjection

A word or short phrase used to express a sudden emotion or reaction.

  1. 1.Hell.

    • Heck, what did I expect? It's too muddy out to go biking today.

Verb

A word that expresses an action, state, or occurrence.

  1. 1.to break, to destroy(informal)

  2. 2.to mess up(informal)

Frequency

Overall

Rare· #4893

By learning goal

Everyday conversation
Rare
General reading & writing
Rare
Academic
Rare
Literature
Rare

Etymology

Late 19th century, originally dialectal northern English

From a euphemistic alteration of hell.

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