Meaning

1 senses
  1. (Northern California, slang)An intensifier, signifying an abundance of a thing; much or many.

    There are hella people here.

Examples

6 sentences
  1. There's hella empty seats over there.

    ruТам пропасть свободных мест. — shanghainese

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

  3. California is hella cool.

  4. That's hella cool.

  5. We're hella bored.

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

2 synonyms
much or many:bareB1madA2

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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