Definitions for hecks

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hecks heck

Spelling: [hek]

IPA: /hɛk/

Hecks is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 13 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 32 anagrams from letters in hecks (cehks).

Definitions for hecks

noun

1. something remarkable of its kind (usually used in the phrase heck of a):
2. a comblike attachment on a loom, for guiding the warp threads as they are dressed for the warp beam.
3. a device that guides yarn onto the bobbin of a spinning wheel.
4. a gridlike arrangement of glass or metal rods below the hooks on a Jacquard loom, used for lifting all harness eyes equally or evenly.

Idioms

1. as heck, (used as a mild intensifier):

interjection

1. (used as a mild expression of annoyance, rejection, disgust, etc.):

Origin of hecks

First recorded in 1850-55; euphemistic alteration of hell

Examples for hecks

At this point I stopped and asked myself what the heck I thought I was trying to do.

Washington is a heck of a lot better as a result, and will be for years to come.

Music and refresh––no, by heck, that sounds too wet and not solid enough.

heck, she did it in such a way that I couldn't help ogling a bit myself.

heck, research shows that a little bit of Viagra will even help cut flowers stand up straighter for as long as a week.

A mixtape dubbed “Montage of heck” has surfaced on the site Live Nirvana!

Wwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwhy where the heck did you come from?

Like to see Vedrines fly, and the Louvre and the gay grisettes too by heck!

After what one cop called “a heck of a fuss,” they finally managed to print her.

They just reflect the range of breeds that were used to create the heck cattle in the first instance.