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Entry 7 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

Heck

/hĕk/ · IPA /hɛk/
01 n. The bolt or latch of a door.
  1. 1.
    The bolt or latch of a door.[Prov. Eng.]
  2. 2.
    A rack for cattle to feed at.[Prov. Eng.]
  3. 3.
    A door, especially one partly of latticework; -- called also heck door.[Prov. Eng.] Also: heck door
  4. 4.
    A latticework contrivance for catching fish.
  5. 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.(Weaving)
  6. 6.
    A bend or winding of a stream.[Prov. Eng.]
Phrases & compounds
Half heck — the lower half of a door.
Heck board — the loose board at the bottom or back of a cart.
Heck box — that which carries the heck in warping.
02 n. hell; -- a euphemism. Used commonly in the phrase “What the heck”.
  1. 1.
    hell; -- a euphemism. Used commonly in the phrase “What the heck”.[Colloq.]