heck

Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word heck. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word heck, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say heck in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word heck you have here. The definition of the word heck will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition ofheck, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.
See also: Heck

English

English Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /hɛk/
    • (file)
  • Rhymes: -ɛk

Etymology 1

Late 19th century, originally dialectal northern English, from a euphemistic alteration of hell.

Interjection

heck

  1. (euphemistic) Hell.
    Heck, what did I expect? It's too muddy out to go biking today.
Translations

Noun

heck (uncountable)

  1. (euphemistic) Hell.
    You can go to heck as far as I'm concerned.
Usage notes

Heck usually only replaces hell in idiomatic expressions or as a generic intensifier or vulgarity. It is only rarely, and for intentionally jocular effect, used as a euphemism for the actual concept of hell.

Synonyms
Derived terms
Translations

Etymology 2

See hatch (a half door).

Alternative forms

Noun

heck (plural hecks)

  1. The bolt or latch of a door.
  2. A rack for cattle to feed at.
  3. (obsolete) A door, especially one partly of latticework.
  4. A latticework contrivance for catching fish.
  5. (weaving) An apparatus for separating the threads of warps into sets, as they are wound upon the reel from the bobbins, in a warping machine.
  6. A bend or winding of a stream.
Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Oxford English Dictionary, 1884–1928, and First Supplement, 1933.
  2. ^ Wright, Joseph (1902) The English Dialect Dictionary, volume 3, Oxford: Oxford University Press, page 125

Further reading

Anagrams

German

Pronunciation

Verb

heck

  1. singular imperative of hecken
  2. (colloquial) first-person singular present of hecken

Middle English

Noun

heck

  1. Alternative form of hacche