heck

See also Heck

English

Wikipedia

Pronunciation

• IPA: /hɛk/
• Rhymes: -ɛk

Etymology 1

Interjection

heck

1. (euphemistic) Hell.

   What the heck are you doing?

Translations

euphemism of hell

• Finnish: hitto (fi)

• Swedish: Hälsingland (sv)

Noun

heck (uncountable)

1. (euphemistic) Hell.

   You can go to heck as far as I'm concerned.

Synonyms

• See under hell.

Derived terms

• oh my heck

Translations

euphemism of hell

• Finnish: hitto (fi)

Etymology 2

See hatch (“a half door”).

Alternative forms

• hack

Noun

heck (plural hecks)

1. The bolt or latch of a door.
2. A rack for cattle to feed at.
3. A door, especially one partly of latticework.
4. (Can we find and add a quotation of Halliwell to this entry?)
5. A latticework contrivance for catching fish.
6. (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.
7. A bend or winding of a stream.

External links

• heck in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• heck in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
• heck at OneLook Dictionary Search