From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Heck \Heck\, noun hell; -- a euphemism. Used commonly in the phrase ''What the heck''. [Colloq.] [PJC]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Heck \Heck\, noun [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.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
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Let's see what we can do if we put our heads together.
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