Used in a Sentence

heck

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for heck.

Editorial note

You're saying to heck with that and jumping over the fence right near the garage entrance and popping straight in.

Examples14
Definitions4
Parts of speech2

Quick take

to break, to destroy

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of heck gathered in one view.

verb

to break, to destroy

verb

to mess up

noun

The bolt or latch of a door.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for heck.

verb

to break, to destroy

verb

to mess up

noun

The bolt or latch of a door.

noun

A rack for cattle to feed at.

Example sentences

1

You're saying to heck with that and jumping over the fence right near the garage entrance and popping straight in.

2

The users don't know anything heck they don't even know that they might be breaking the law in certain places.

3

I think a more pertinent question is why the heck was he still hanging around in Japan?

4

I don't think day to day people need to be actively avoiding soy, or heck even not having the occasional soy based meal.

5

It's been one heck of a ride...we're web guys and don't exactly have a lot of experience in building factories or making, um, real physical objects.

6

I'm sure Apple measured the heck out of it, anyway.

7

Now, seriously, if a software engineer in his/her forties is unemployable in 2015, what the heck is an accountant, lawyer, a builder, a painter or a woodworker to just name a few?

Quote examples

1

Heck, every comment has an "embed" link below it to conveniently embed the properly cited comment right on your page.

2

Heck, even the Lisp community is divided whether or not the macros should be "hygienic".

3

Heck, "fail fast" is a mantra of the startup scene.

4

Eating a liquid diet even for a couple of weeks will really screw you up, humans didn't evolved to eat only liquid food heck the standing recommendation for babies is to actually skip or cut down the period of "baby food" for as much as possible.

Proper noun examples

1

Heck, they can't even bring themselves to terminate with extreme prejudice the National Endowment for the Arts.

2

Heck, even inviting the consumer electronics lobby would get a little diversity of opinion (they're not big fans of DRM).

3

Heck, I get the feeling that they impact loading time more than my own CSS, images and Javascript.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use heck in a sentence?

You're saying to heck with that and jumping over the fence right near the garage entrance and popping straight in.

What does heck mean?

to break, to destroy

What part of speech is heck?

heck is commonly used as verb, noun.