Definition of HECK

heck

Plural: hecks

Intj

  • Hell.

Noun

  • A mild expletive often used as a substitute for 'hell'.
  • Hell.
  • The bolt or latch of a door.
  • A rack for cattle to feed at.
  • A door, especially one partly of latticework.
  • A latticework contrivance for catching fish.
  • An apparatus for separating the threads of warps into sets, as they are wound upon the reel from the bobbins, in a warping machine.
  • A bend or winding of a stream.

Verb

  • to break, to destroy
  • to mess up

Examples

  • Heck, what did I expect? It's too muddy out to go biking today.
  • Oh heck, I just missed that triple-word score for ’QUARTZ’!
  • You can go to heck as far as I'm concerned.

Origin / Etymology

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

Synonyms

bork, fuck, heck-box, under hell

Scrabble Score: 13

heck: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
heck: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
heck: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 13

heck: valid Words With Friends Word