Heck

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  • interjection. Used as a mild oath.
  • noun. An outstanding or noteworthy example.
  • noun. Used as an intensive.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. The bend or winding of a stream.
  • noun. A door with an open or latticework panel, or having its upper part hinged independently of the lower part.
  • noun. A latticed gate.
  • noun. A rack for holding fodder for cattle.
  • noun. A contrivance for catching fish, made in the form of a latticework or grating: as, a salmon-heck.
  • noun. In weaving, one of two or more vertical frames with gratings having eyes for receiving the warp-threads, each eye receiving one thread of the warp, and the alternate vertical motion of the gratings separating the warp-threads to form an opening or shed for the passage of the shuttle.
  • noun. A latch or bolt, for fastening a door.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. The bolt or latch of a door.
  • noun. A rack for cattle to feed at.
  • noun. A door, especially one partly of latticework; -- called also heck door.
  • noun. A latticework contrivance for catching fish.
  • noun. An apparatus for separating the threads of warps into sets, as they are wound upon the reel from the bobbins, in a warping machine.
  • noun. A bend or winding of a stream.
  • noun. the lower half of a door.
  • noun. the loose board at the bottom or back of a cart.
  • noun. that which carries the heck in warping.
  • noun. undefined
  • noun. hell; -- a euphemism. Used commonly in the phrase “What the heck”.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • interjection. Hell.
  • noun. Hell.
  • Word Usage
    "You have to ask questions and verify just what in heck is being asked of your that's so important it needs your signature."
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    Equivalent
    Form
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Cech  Czech  Dec  Eck  Lech  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    hell  
    variant
    heck door