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heck
1[hek]
interjection
(used as a mild expression of annoyance, rejection, disgust, etc.).
What the heck do you care?
noun
something remarkable of its kind (usually used in the phraseheck of a ).
That was a heck of an impressive speech. Have one heck of a good time.
heck
2[hek]
noun
a comblike attachment on a loom, for guiding the warp threads as they are dressed for the warp beam.
a device that guides yarn onto the bobbin of a spinning wheel.
a gridlike arrangement of glass or metal rods below the hooks on a Jacquard loom, used for lifting all harness eyes equally or evenly.
heck
1/ ɛ /
interjection
a mild exclamation of surprise, irritation, etc
heck
2/ ɛ /
noun
dialecta frame for obstructing the passage of fish in a river
51Թ History and Origins
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of heck1
Origin of heck2
Idioms and Phrases
as heck (used as a mild intensifier).
I say he's guilty as heck.
Example Sentences
“Heck, maybe we’ll let him get an at-bat.”
Nigel Farage and the parties he has led – the UK Independence Party, the Brexit Party and Reform UK – have one heck of a track record of bust ups, fall outs, sackings and resignations.
It’s not that you have to believe that there is a force out there more powerful than Zsa-zsa, or heck, even money itself.
All this to say, the season has been building up to one heck of a final episode.
Now he’s back with his own film about a streetwise addict and it turns out he’s a heck of a director, too.
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