Heck

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This word is acceptable for play in the US & UK dictionaries that are being used in the following games:

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • interjection. Used as a mild oath.
  • n. Slang Used as an intensive: had a heck of a lot of money; was crowded as heck.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • interjection. Hell.
  • n. Hell.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. The bolt or latch of a door.
  • n. A rack for cattle to feed at.
  • n. A door, especially one partly of latticework; -- called also heck door.
  • n. A latticework contrivance for catching fish.
  • n. An apparatus for separating the threads of warps into sets, as they are wound upon the reel from the bobbins, in a warping machine.
  • n. A bend or winding of a stream.
  • n. hell; -- a euphemism. Used commonly in the phrase “What the heck”.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A door with an open or latticework panel, or having its upper part hinged independently of the lower part.
  • n. A latticed gate.
  • n. A rack for holding fodder for cattle.
  • n. A contrivance for catching fish, made in the form of a latticework or grating: as, a salmon-heck.
  • n. 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.
  • n. A latch or bolt, for fastening a door.
  • n. The bend or winding of a stream.
  • 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."
    Equivalent
    heck frame   
    Cross Reference
    Variant
    heck door   
    Form
    Oh my heck   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    hell   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Cech    Czech    Dec    Eck    Lech    Lek    Peck    Quebec    bec    beck