Definitions
Heck is a word used instead of the swear word "hell".
Word origin
Late 19th century, originally dialectal northern English, from a euphemistic alteration of hell.
Used in a sentence
“Heck, what did I expect? It's too muddy out to go biking today.”
“You can go to heck as far as I'm concerned.”
“"And the railway industry needs a heck of a lot of people to be up-skilled," notes Darroch.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Mild oath”4 letters
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