"heck" meaning in All languages combined

See heck on Wiktionary

Interjection [English]

IPA: /hɛk/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-heck.wav [Southern-England]
Rhymes: -ɛk Etymology: Late 19th century, originally dialectal northern English, from a euphemistic alteration of hell. Etymology templates: {{m|en|hell}} hell Head templates: {{en-interj}} heck
  1. (euphemistic) Hell. Tags: euphemistic Translations (euphemism of hell): по дяволите! (po djavolite!) (Bulgarian), hitto (Finnish), hemmetti (Finnish), helkkari (Finnish), diamine (Italian), ata (Maori), taukahore (Maori), helsike (Norwegian), diacho (Portuguese), caray (Spanish), Hälsingland (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-heck-en-intj-en:Hell Categories (other): English euphemisms
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun [English]

IPA: /hɛk/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-heck.wav [Southern-England]
Rhymes: -ɛk Etymology: Late 19th century, originally dialectal northern English, from a euphemistic alteration of hell. Etymology templates: {{m|en|hell}} hell Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} heck (uncountable)
  1. (euphemistic) Hell. Tags: euphemistic, uncountable Categories (topical): English minced oaths Synonyms: under hell Translations (euphemism of hell): søren (Danish), hitto (Finnish), diavolo [masculine] (Italian), helsike (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-heck-en-noun-Nevjodl~ Disambiguation of English minced oaths: 0 38 3 2 13 19 13 3 3 7 Categories (other): English euphemisms, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 0 19 6 2 17 19 18 6 7 6 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 0 32 3 1 20 19 13 4 4 3 Derived forms: as heck, bleeding heck, bloody heck, blooming heck, for the heck of it, heck board, heck-care, heck no, heck of a, heck yeah, like heck, oh my heck, snowball's chance in heck, the heck, to heck in a handbasket, what the heck, when heck freezes over, where the heck
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun [English]

IPA: /hɛk/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-heck.wav [Southern-England] Forms: hecks [plural]
Rhymes: -ɛk Etymology: See hatch (“a half door”). Etymology templates: {{m|en|hatch||a half door}} hatch (“a half door”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} heck (plural hecks)
  1. The bolt or latch of a door.
    Sense id: en-heck-en-noun-LtjG71Yp
  2. A rack for cattle to feed at.
    Sense id: en-heck-en-noun-k1kZjm3H
  3. (obsolete) A door, especially one partly of latticework. Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-heck-en-noun-nb2TXHge Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 0 19 6 2 17 19 18 6 7 6
  4. A latticework contrivance for catching fish.
    Sense id: en-heck-en-noun-O9RVpht0 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 0 19 6 2 17 19 18 6 7 6
  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. Categories (topical): Weaving
    Sense id: en-heck-en-noun-haMBeQ65 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 0 19 6 2 17 19 18 6 7 6 Topics: business, manufacturing, textiles, weaving
  6. A bend or winding of a stream.
    Sense id: en-heck-en-noun-zwmSXfUc
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: hack Derived forms: at heck and manger
Etymology number: 3

Verb [English]

IPA: /hɛk/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-heck.wav [Southern-England] Forms: hecks [present, singular, third-person], hecking [participle, present], hecked [participle, past], hecked [past]
Rhymes: -ɛk Etymology: Blend of to heck (“destroyed, messed up”) + fuck, possibly supported by feck. Etymology templates: {{blend|en|to heck|fuck|t1=destroyed, messed up}} Blend of to heck (“destroyed, messed up”) + fuck, {{m|en|feck}} feck Head templates: {{en-verb}} heck (third-person singular simple present hecks, present participle hecking, simple past and past participle hecked)
  1. to break, to destroy Tags: informal Synonyms: fuck, bork
    Sense id: en-heck-en-verb-en:break
  2. to mess up Tags: informal
    Sense id: en-heck-en-verb-uItoXm38 Categories (other): English blends Disambiguation of English blends: 33 67
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: heck up
Etymology number: 2

Verb [German]

Audio: De-heck.ogg
Head templates: {{head|de|verb form}} heck
  1. singular imperative of hecken Tags: form-of, imperative, singular Form of: hecken
    Sense id: en-heck-de-verb-5EBpHW-P
  2. (colloquial) first-person singular present of hecken Tags: colloquial, first-person, form-of, present, singular Form of: hecken
    Sense id: en-heck-de-verb-wkmgii0b Categories (other): German entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of German entries with incorrect language header: 33 67

Noun [Middle English]

Head templates: {{head|enm|noun}} heck
  1. Alternative form of hacche Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: hacche
    Sense id: en-heck-enm-noun-WP-shW6Q Categories (other): Middle English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for heck meaning in All languages combined (12.0kB)

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