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heck
1[ hek ]
interjection
- (used as a mild expression of annoyance, rejection, disgust, etc.):
the heck do you care?
noun
- something remarkable of its kind (usually used in the phrase heck of a ):
That was a heck of an impressive speech. Have one heck of a good time.
heck
2[ hek ]
noun
- a comblike attachment on a loom, for guiding the warp threads as they are dressed for the warp beam.
- a device that guides yarn onto the bobbin of a spinning wheel.
- a gridlike arrangement of glass or metal rods below the hooks on a Jacquard loom, used for lifting all harness eyes equally or evenly.
heck
1/ ɛ /
interjection
- a mild exclamation of surprise, irritation, etc
heck
2/ ɛ /
noun
- dialect.a frame for obstructing the passage of fish in a river
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of heck1
Origin of heck2
Idioms and Phrases
- as heck (used as a mild intensifier):
I say he's guilty as heck.
Example Sentences
"A lot give up on themselves. I admire the heck out of him because he didn't."
Heck, some of us even talk to women.
This isn’t quite the Lakers’ final exams, but it’s still one heck of a test.
“But you can’t take credit away from Luzardo. He pitched a heck of a ballgame.”
If you’ve driven on the freeway in recent years, been to the grocery store, attended a movie or a live performance — heck, if you’ve been at all sentient — the findings of a new poll will startle you about as much as the sun rising at dawn and setting at dusk.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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