heck

Etymology 1
Late 19th century, originally dialectal northern English, from a euphemistic alteration of.

Interjection

 * 1)  Hell.

Translations

 * Bulgarian: по дяволите!
 * Finnish:, hemmetti,
 * Italian: diamine
 * Maori:, taukahore
 * Norwegian: helsike
 * Portuguese:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:

Noun

 * 1)  Hell.

Usage notes
Heck usually only replaces hell in idiomatic expressions or as a generic intensifier or vulgarity. It is only rarely, and for intentionally jocular effect, used as a euphemism for the actual concept of hell.

Synonyms

 * See under.

Translations

 * Danish: søren
 * Finnish:
 * Italian:
 * Swedish:

Etymology 2
, possibly supported by.

Verb

 * 1) to break, to destroy
 * 2) to mess up
 * 1) to mess up

Etymology 3
See.

Noun

 * 1) The bolt or latch of a door.
 * 2) A rack for cattle to feed at.
 * 3)  A door, especially one partly of latticework.
 * 4) A latticework contrivance for catching fish.
 * 5)  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) A bend or winding of a stream.