heck
HellHell.
» Why the heck did you do this?
Якого біса ти це зробив?
Якого біса ти це зробила?
Якого біса ви це зробили?
Meaning
7 senses(euphemistic, uncountable)Hell.
You can go to heck as far as I'm concerned.
(informal)The bolt or latch of a door.
(informal)A rack for cattle to feed at.
(informal)A latticework contrivance for catching fish.
(informal)An apparatus for separating the threads of warps into sets, as they are wound upon the reel from the bobbins, in a warping machine.
(informal)A bend or winding of a stream.
(informal, obsolete)A door, especially one partly of latticework.
Examples
62 sentencesWhy the heck did you do this?
Якого біса ти це зробив? — deniko
What the heck?
Якого біса? — deniko
ruКакого черта? — odexed
deWas zum Henker? — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Where the heck does he work?
What the heck are you doing?
Who the heck's book is this?
Translations
1 languagesOrigin
Late 19th century, originally dialectal northern English, from a euphemistic alteration ofLate 19th century, originally dialectal northern English, from a euphemistic alteration of hell.
See hatch (“a half door”).
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Forms
plural: hecksSynonyms
2 synonymsWord family
13 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable