hecking

heck·ing
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/ˈhɛ.kɪŋ//ˈhɛ.kɪn/

A form of heckin' — A minced oath used as an intensifier.

UncommonScrabble 17

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adjectivehecking (not comparable)
  1. alternativenot comparableAlternative form of heckin'.

    What a hecking mind game @-@

    2019 March 20, Drew Perron, “8FOLD: Mancers # 7, "Blood Magic"”, in rec.arts.comics.creative (Usenet)
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    He was a devout Methodist and never swore. Once when we had been walking along together Mr Dodds had tripped on a tree root and exclaimed, ‘Ruddy hecking flip!’

    2008, Harry Pearson, Hound Dog Days: One Dog and His Man: A Story of North Country Life and Canine Contentment, Hachette Book Group, →ISBN

    You are a hecking great wedding guest.

    2013, Kelly Williams Brown, Adulting: How to Become a Grown-Up in 535 Easy(ish) Steps, Grand Central Life & Style, →ISBN

    Plus, there’s really no downside to treating your colleague as if he is unable versus willing to read social cues, since you’re not building a life with him, you’re just getting a job done and getting the heck on the hecking elevator.

    2020 January 5, The Sheboygan Press, volume 114, number 20, page 6C

    JUST THROW THE HECKING BALL![…]If your idea of heaven is being surrounded by hecking good boys (and girls) then you've come to the right place.

    2021, Charlie Ellis, Love Is a Cockapoo: A Dog-tastic Celebration of the World’s Cutest Breed, Summersdale Publishers

    but i need my hecking reddit updooterinos

    2024 February 24, Skoomaseller, Warframe Forums
verb
  1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of heck

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