heck
/hɛk/
interjectionnounverb
Hell.
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Interjection 1 meaning
Hell.
“Heck, what did I expect? It's too muddy out to go biking today.”
Noun 4 meanings
Hell.
“You can go to heck as far as I'm concerned.”
The bolt or latch of a door.
A rack for cattle to feed at.
A latticework contrivance for catching fish.
Verb 2 meanings
to break, to destroy
to mess up
Where it comes from
Etymology
Late 19th century, originally dialectal northern English, from a euphemistic alteration of hell.
Similar and opposite words
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HECK at a glance
HECK has 4 letters and scores 13 points in Scrabble (H 4 + E 1 + C 3 + K 5) and 13 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #6,808 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
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