Definitions of heck [ɛk]

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Definition of 'heck'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (interj.) heck
(used as a mild expression of annoyance, rejection, disgust, etc., or as an intensive):
What the heck do you care? a heck of a good speech.

Etymology: (1850–55; euphemistic alter. of hell)

Definition of 'heck'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (interjection) heck
What the heck?
indicates annoyance at sth you do not like or understand
What the heck is wrong with her?

Definition of 'heck'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) heck
the bolt or latch of a door

2. (noun) heck
a rack for cattle to feed at

3. (noun) heck
a door, especially one partly of latticework; -- called also heck door

4. (noun) heck
a latticework contrivance for catching fish

5. (noun) heck
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. (noun) heck
a bend or winding of a stream

Translation of 'heck'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: (informal) used to express mild annoyance or to emphasize something Where the heck is she?; It was a heck of a good game.
Afrikaans: verdeksels, wat d(i)e dro	Arabic: سَيِّء: كلمة للتَّعبير عن	Bulgarian: по дяволите
Brazilian: diabo	Czech: zatraceně	German: verdammt
Danish: i alverden; fanden; pokke	Greek: στο καλό, διάβολε! (επιφ.	Spanish: jolín; demonios
Estonian: põrgu päralt; kuradi, pag	Farsi: اَ که هی	Finnish: hitto
Hebrew: לְעֲזאַזֵל	Hindi: झल्लाहट की अभिव्यक्ति	Croatian: dovraga
Hungarian: fene	Indonesian: setan, buset	Italian: diamine!
Japanese: 一体全体、どえらい	Korean: 제기랄	Lithuanian: po velnių!, velnioniškai
Latvian: sasodīts	Malay: betul-betul	Dutch: verdorie
Norwegian: pokker!; fanken!	Polish: kurcze, kurde	Persian: اَ که هی
Pashto: ږمنځول ، پوښتنى كول ( پرل	Russian: чёрт возьми	Slovak: do pekla, dofrasa
Slovenian: za vraga; hudičevo	Serbian: dođavola	Swedish: fasen, helsike[s]
Thai: คำอุทานแสดงความไม่พอใจ คว	Turkish: Allah kahretsin, lânet ol	Taiwanese: (表示微慍或強調某事)唉呀！
Ukrainian: хай йому грець!, до біса!	Urdu: حیرت یا مایوسی کے اظہار ک	Vietnamese: đồ chết tiệt
Chinese: （程度较轻的咒骂）见鬼！
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