"heck" meaning in English

See heck in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Interjection

IPA: /hɛk/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-heck.wav [UK] Forms: heck
Head templates: {{interjection}} [POS TABLE]
  1. Heck is a word used instead of the swear word "hell".
    Sense id: simple-heck-en-intj-fVWkUoLQ
     
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          "text": "\"Do you want to go ATV riding at Dead Man's Bluff?\" \"I don't know...Oh, what the heck! Let's do it!\""
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