heck

noun

ˈhek 

1

: hell sense 2

all heck breaks loose

2

: hell sense 4

a heck of a lot of money

Synonyms

• chance-medley
• chaos
• confusion
• disarrangement
• disarray
• dishevelment
• disorder
• disorderedness
• disorderliness
• disorganization
• free-for-all
• havoc
• hell
• jumble
• mare's nest
• mess
• messiness
• misorder
• muddle
• muss
• shambles
• snake pit
• tumble
• welter

Examples of heck in a Sentence

it looks like heck in that boy's bedroom

Recent Examples on the Web

The Kansas City Royals roster just got a heck of a lot cuter in recent days. —Lisa Gutierrez, Kansas City Star, 8 Mar. 2025

Amid its successful lunar landing, forthcoming Alpha launch, and a new launch contract, Firefly is having one heck of a week. —Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 7 Mar. 2025

If a stock does nothing for 18 months before going on a 40% run in 6 months, that’s a heck of a good investment. —Jim Cramer, CNBC, 18 Feb. 2025

Sure enough, Weaver and company show up on cue, guns blazing, to forestall what is certain to be one heck of a DOGE budget cut. —Graham Hillard, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 28 Feb. 2025

Word History

Etymology

euphemism

First Known Use

1887, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for heck

• beck
• breck
• check
• cheque
• czech
• deck
• fleck
• keck
• mech
• neck
• peck
• reck

Biographical Definition

Heck

biographical name

ˈhek 

Richard F(red) 1931–2015 American chemist