helling

Verb (1)

hell (third-person singular simple present hells, present participle helling, simple past and past participle helled)

1. (colloquial, sometimes, vulgar) To make hellish; to place (someone) in hell; to make (a place) into a hell.
2. (colloquial, sometimes, vulgar) To hurry, rush.
   • I had already lost thirteen points, all because she had to come helling in there at twelve, worrying me about that letter.1929, William Faulkner, The Sound and the Fury
3. (colloquial, intransitive, sometimes, vulgar) To move quickly and loudly; to raise hell as part of motion.
   • He was helling down the road with his radio blaring.

Verb (2)

hell (third-person singular simple present hells, present participle helling, simple past and past participle helled)

1. (colloquial, rare, sometimes, vulgar, metal-working) To add luster to; to burnish (silver or gold).
   • To hell gold or gilt workː take two ounces of tartar, two ounces of sulfur.. and it will give it a fine luster.1770, Godfrey Smith, The Laboratory: Or, School of Arts

Verb (3)

hell (third-person singular simple present hells, present participle helling, simple past and past participle helled)

1. (colloquial, rare, sometimes, vulgar) To pour.
   • 18th century, Josiah Relph, The Harvest; or Bashful Shepherd
     Gosh, the sickle went into me handː Down hell'd the bluid.

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