Question:
what part of speech is the word "heck"?
jason
2010-12-05 20:15:22 UTC
Like.. What the heck?
One heck of a team
Heck of a wife.
etc
Four answers:
?
2010-12-05 20:24:07 UTC
What is below is the entry from dictionary.com



heck1    /hɛk/ [hek]



–interjection

1. (used as a mild expression of annoyance, rejection, disgust, etc.): What the heck do you care?

–noun

2. something remarkable of its kind (usually used in the phrase heck of a ): That was a heck of an impressive speech. Have one heck of a good time.

—Idiom

3. as heck (used as a mild intensifier): I say he's guilty as heck.

Use heck in a Sentence
jerryb
2010-12-06 04:35:55 UTC
interjection=(informal) a less offensive variant of the interjection "hell".
Ela
2010-12-06 04:27:18 UTC
Euphemisms! You're using it in place of "hell".
fromcentex
2010-12-06 04:17:04 UTC
slang


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