heck noun ˈhek 1 : hell sense 2 all heck breaks loose 2 : hell sense 4 a heck of a lot of money Synonyms chance-medley chaos confusion disarrangement disarray dishevelment disorder …

heck (hĕk) interj. Used as a mild oath. n. Slang 1. An outstanding or noteworthy example: She has a heck of a lot of money. 2. Used as an intensive: What the heck is going on? [Alteration of hell .] American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

an expression of usually slight anger or surprise, or a way of adding force to a statement, question, etc.: Oh heck!

heck1 / ( hɛk) / interjection a mild exclamation of surprise, irritation, etc Word Origin for heck C19: euphemistic for hell British Dictionary definitions for heck (2 of 2) heck2 / ( hɛk) / noun …

heck / ˈ hɛk/ noun Britannica Dictionary definition of HECK [noncount] informal — used as a more polite form of hell Oh, heck, I forgot my keys. “Did you give her any money?” “ Heck, no!” They were mad as heck. [+] more examples

heck (hɛk) n., interj. (used as a mild expression of annoyance, rejection, disgust, etc., or as an intensive): What the heck do you care? a heck of a good speech. [1850–55; euphemistic alter. of hell] Random House Kernerman Webster's College Dictionary, © 2010 K Dictionaries Ltd. Copyright 2005, 1997, 1991 by Random House, Inc. All rights reserved.

interjection. 3. 0. (weaving) An apparatus for separating the threads of warps into sets, as they are wound upon the reel from the bobbins, in a warping machine. noun. 3. 1. (euphemistic) Hell. …

15/11/2022 · heck in American English (hek) noun 1. a comblike attachment on a loom, for guiding the warp threads as they are dressed for the warp beam 2. a device that guides yarn onto the bobbin of a spinning wheel 3. 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 hek, n. ( Scot.) a rack in a stable for hay, &c.: a grated contrivance for catching fish: a contrivance in a spinning-wheel, and also in a warping-mill, by which the yarn or thread is guided to the reels.— Live at heck and manger, to be in very comfortable quarters. [A.S. hec, hæc; Dut. hek .]

04/11/2016 · Heck A fusion of the words hell and fuck. It is used by saying "What the heck!" as a stand-in for hell or fuck but is really worse than saying "What the hell!" or "What the fuck!" You …