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hecking

Syllables: heck·ing/ˈhɛ.kɪŋ/

hecking is the alternative form of heckin'.

hecking is the present participle and gerund of heck.

Meaning of heckin'

Adjective

heckin' (not comparable)

  1. A minced oath used as an intensifier.
    • A heckin' kleptomaniac, he was it.2012, Murray L. Peters, Boyle-Breath Breathes, →ISBN, page 196
  2. A minced oath used to indicate something undesirable or annoying
    • And when in the darn heckin heck is this fix?! It's one of the most annoying bugs ms has stupidly made2003 October 1, LAM, “Can the default attachment folder be changed in OEx6”, in microsoft.public.windows.inetexplorer.ie6_outlookexpress (Usenet)

See all 4 meanings of heckin'

Meaning of heck

Verb

heck (third-person singular simple present hecks, present participle hecking, simple past and past participle hecked)

  1. (informal) to break, to destroy
    Synonyms:
    fuck, bork
  2. (informal) to mess up

See all 14 meanings of heck

Words that rhyme with hecking

Questions about hecking

What is hecking the alternative form of?
Hecking is the alternative form of heckin'.
How do you pronounce hecking?
Hecking is pronounced /ˈhɛ.kɪŋ/.

Words near hecking in the dictionary

  1. Heckfordbridge
  2. heckhound
  3. heckhounds
  4. heckin
  5. heckin'
  6. hecking
  7. Heckingham
  8. Heckington
  9. hecklable
  10. heckle
  11. heckled

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Adapted from Wiktionary: hecking (page history and authors); heckin' (page history and authors); heck (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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