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heck Definition

heck (hek)

interjection, noun

Informal hell

Etymology: var. of Scot dial. hech, exclamation of surprise, sorrow, fatigue: Scot form of heigh

heck Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • scare: For those who do cheat, I hope it scares the heck out of them.
  • beat: Beats the heck out of the food in Northern Germany.
  • get: Either way, you get a heck of a lot for your money!
  • have: We know the angel choir has a heck of a great new lead singer.
  • make: This would make a heck of a lot of people, particularly in Oxford, homeless.
  • do: What Blair effectively said in his speech was: " Bush, you're doing a heck of a job!

Adjective modifier

  • whole: Click for video clip The cat discovers a whole heck of a lot about what they're dealing with from a GELF arrow.

Modifies a noun

  • ke: Row in table florida small group business health insurance march heck ke.
  • people: What in heck DO people read that's so much more exciting than this?

Noun used with modifier

  • cwosn: Tho you aren't arizona short term health insurance cwosn heck and makuc.
  • march: Row in table florida small group business health insurance march heck ke.
  • health: Row in table florida small group business health insurance march heck ke.
  • insurance: Row in table florida small group business health insurance march heck ke.

Preposition: of

  • lot: In the process, I learned a heck of a lot about him.
  • ride: It's been a heck of a ride these past six weeks, hasn't it?
  • job: From where I'm surfing, they're doin ' a heck of a job!
  • way: This is some heck of a way to spend a summer holiday, at a murder location.
  • time: I had a heck of a time finding even the most common words.
  • difference: There is one heck of a difference... ... .

Preposition: with

  • rest: And it follows then, the heck with the rest of the animal/plant population if not desired.

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