heck

intj

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

1. Hell.

   “Heck, what did I expect? It's too muddy out to go biking today.”

name

1. A civil parish in North Yorkshire, England, previously in Selby district, with the villages of Great Heck and Little Heck.
2. A hamlet in Dumfries and Galloway council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NY0980).

noun

Etymology: See hatch (“a half door”).

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.

verb

Etymology: Possibly supported by feck.

1. to break, to destroy
2. to mess up