Meaning

2 senses

  1. (Northern California, not comparable, slang)Intensifier, modifying verbs; to a large extent; totally; very much.

    I can't tell you how much I hella love the new track.

    Jane was driving away, and the door was open, so I hella ran for it.

  2. (US, not comparable, regional, slang)Intensifier, modifying adjectives; to a large degree; extremely; exceedingly.

    I guess she seems hella stoned in her commercial.

    I've been a Star Wars fan since I was hella young.

Examples

6 sentences

  1. There's hella empty seats over there.

    ruТам пропасть свободных мест. — shanghainese

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  2. I think your master thesis is, as the cool kids say, "hella dope".

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  3. California is hella cool.

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  4. That's hella cool.

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  5. We're hella bored.

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Origin

Related to a hell of a. Originally Northern California slang. Compare helluv, helluva.

Related to a hell of a. Originally Northern California slang. Compare helluv, helluva.

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Synonyms

1 synonyms
extremely, modifies adjectives:wickedC1

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
hellB2hellfirehellish
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