exclamation, noun
(informal) used to show that you are slightly annoyed or surprised:
Oh heck, I'm going to be late! * Heck! You're here early! * We had to wait a heck of a long time! * Who the heck are you?
IDIOMS
for the heck of it (informal) just for pleasure rather than for a reason
what the heck! (informal) used to say that you are going to do sth that you know you should not do:
It means I'll be late for work but what the heck!
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for heck is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Does heck appear elsewhere on Lughet?
Yes — heck appears under other sources or language pairs in Lughet's collection. See the list below.
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