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king-hell

king-hell adjective: tremendous; terrible.

Adjective

king-hell (not comparable)

  1. (slang) Tremendous; terrible.
    • "Hello," you would say to the ones who looked like him as you lined up for the kickoff, and his type would nod and look away, one rock glint of recognition your due for living across the hall from one another all through freshman year, and then bang, as the ball was passed back, you'd get a bony...1960 November, Norman Mailer, “Superman Comes to the Supermarket”, in Esquire
    • In a scene where nobody with any ambition is really what he appears to be, there's not much risk in acting like a king-hell freak.1971, Hunter S. Thompson, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, →ISBN

Origin of king-hell

Minced version of fucking hell.

Questions about king-hell

What does king-hell mean?
King-hell means tremendous; terrible.
What part of speech is king-hell?
King-hell is an adjective.

Words near king-hell in the dictionary

  1. King-Armstrong units
  2. king-at-arms
  3. king-count
  4. king-counts
  5. king-cure
  6. king-hell
  7. king-hit
  8. king-hits
  9. king-hunter
  10. king-hunters
  11. King-Kopetzky syndrome

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