HECK

Etymology 1

Proper noun

Heck

A hardy breed of domestic cattle, the result of an attempt to breed back the extinct aurochs from modern aurochs-derived cattle in the 1920s and 1930s.

Etymology 2

Proper noun

Heck

A surname, possibly from German.

Etymology 3

Proper noun

Heck

A civil parish in Selby district, North Yorkshire, England, with the villages of Great Heck and Little Heck.

A hamlet in Dumfries and Galloway council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NY0980).

Anagrams

• chek

Etymology 1

Alteration of hell, possibly under influence of fuck.

Interjection

heck

(euphemistic) Hell.

Noun

heck (uncountable)

(euphemistic) Hell.

Synonyms

• See under hell.

Etymology 2

Noun

heck (plural hecks)

The bolt or latch of a door.

A rack for cattle to feed at.

A door, especially one partly of latticework.

A latticework contrivance for catching fish.

(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.

A bend or winding of a stream.

Anagrams

• chek

Source: Wiktionary


Heck, n. Etym: [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)

Definition: 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 frame, that which carries the heck in warping.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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