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heck of a

heck of a is the alternative form of hell of a.

Meaning of hell of a

Adjective

hell of a (not comparable)

  1. (colloquial, vulgar) Intensifier; indicates that someone or something is especially good, bad, difficult, etc.
    • Well done! That's a hell of an achievement!

Questions about heck of a

What is heck of a the alternative form of?
Heck of a is the alternative form of hell of a.

Words near heck of a in the dictionary

  1. heck boards
  2. heck box
  3. heck boxes
  4. Heck cattle
  5. heck no
  6. heck of a
  7. Heck reaction
  8. Heck reactions
  9. heck yeah
  10. heck-board
  11. heck-box

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Adapted from Wiktionary: heck of a (page history and authors); hell of a (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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