Meaning

1 senses
  1. (Northern California, slang)For sure; totally; hell yeah; used as a strong affirmation of something that was just said, accomplished, or revealed.

    "Hey, you wanna come to the concert tonight?" "Oh, helluv!"

Origin

From "hell of (a)", like hella (originally Northern California slang). See also Wikipedia:

From "hell of (a)", like hella (originally Northern California slang). See also Wikipedia:Hella (word).

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Word family

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