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as heck

as heck is the euphemistic form of as hell.

Meaning of as hell

Adverb

as hell

  1. (postpositional, vulgar, simile) To a great extent or degree; very.
    • It's cold as hell in here!
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see as, hell.
    • My Soul forſakes her vain Delight, / and bids the World farewel, / Baſe as the Dirt beneath my Feet, / And miſcheivous as Hell.1707, Isaac Watts, “Parting with Carnal Joys”, in Hymns and Spiritual Songs, London: J. Humfreys, page 87

Questions about as heck

What is as heck the euphemistic form of?
As heck is the euphemistic form of as hell.

Words near as heck in the dictionary

  1. as God is my witness
  2. as good as
  3. as good as it gets
  4. as good as new
  5. as happy as a pig in mud
  6. as heck
  7. as hell
  8. as I live and breathe
  9. as I live by bread
  10. as I see it
  11. as I was saying

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