heck
[hek]
int. ［口］［hell婉语］见鬼

1. The couple had a heck of an argument and kept us awake all night.
   两口够呛，弄咱眨。
2. How in the heck did you do that?
   究竟怎做？

Heck \Heck\, n.
hell; -- a euphemism. Used commonly in the phrase ``What the
heck''. [Colloq.]
[PJC]


Heck \Heck\, n. [See {Hatch} a half door.] [Written also
{hack}.]
1. The bolt or latch of a door. [Prov. Eng.]

2. A rack for cattle to feed at. [Prov. Eng.]

3. A door, especially one partly of latticework; -- called
also {heck door}. [Prov. Eng.] --Halliwell.

4. A latticework contrivance for catching fish.

5. (Weaving) An apparatus for separating the threads of warps
into sets, as they are wound upon the reel from the
bobbins, in a warping machine.

6. A bend or winding of a stream. [Prov. Eng.]

{Half heck}, the lower half of a door.

{Heck board}, the loose board at the bottom or back of a
cart.

{Heck box} or {Heck frame}, that which carries the heck in
warping.