Definition of in the heck

in the heck    

intensifier

• intensifier, used with an interrogative. Usually expresses confusion or displeasure. Also "the heck", "in heck".

  What in the heck are you doing?

  Why in the heck did you do that?

  When in the heck is the pizza getting here?

  • See more words with the same meaning: intensifiers (list of).

  Last edited on Oct 17 2012. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Nov 03 2011.

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Other terms relating to 'intensifiers (list of)':
in hell	Definitions include: intensifier, usually expressing confusion or displeasure.
hells	Definitions include: "hell".
f*cking	Definitions include: Also freaking; fricking.
motherf*cking	Definitions include: intensifier.
goddamn	Definitions include: See god damn.
goddamned	Definitions include: a general curse.
in the hell	Definitions include: intensifier, used with an interrogative.
f*ck, the	Definitions include: questioning interjection.
sh*t	Definitions include: Most uses of "shit" also work with "crap", except where noted below.
boy howdy	Definitions include: exclamation of excitement.
bloody	Definitions include: an intensifier.
the hell out of	Definitions include: to a great extent.
god damn	Definitions include: general expletive.
hell, the	Definitions include: intensifier, usually expressing confusion or displeasure.
-tastic	Definitions include: suffix used to add emphasis to nearly any word.
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Other terms relating to 'heck':
heck	Definitions include: Euphemism for hell
in heck	Definitions include: intensifier, usually expressing confusion or displeasure.
oh my heck	Definitions include: Mormon slang term replacing the slang term, Oh Hell.
the heck	Definitions include: intensifier, usually expressing confusion or displeasure.
what in heck	Definitions include: See in heck.
what in the heck	Definitions include: See in the heck.
what the heck	Definitions include: See the heck.
when in heck	Definitions include: See in heck.
when in the heck	Definitions include: See in the heck.
when the heck	Definitions include: See the heck.
where in heck	Definitions include: See in heck.
where in the heck	Definitions include: See in the heck.
where the heck	Definitions include: See the heck.
who in heck	Definitions include: See in heck.
who in the heck	Definitions include: See in the heck.
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Other terms relating to 'in':
a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.	Definitions include: something you have now is worth more than two things you have just a chance of getting.
ace in the hole	Definitions include: a secret advantage.
all in	Definitions include: involving everyone or everything.
all up in	Definitions include: doing something emphatically.
an ice cube's chance in hell	Definitions include: no chance.
a walk in the park	Definitions include: something easy.
back in the day	Definitions include: at some time before the present.
back in the saddle	Definitions include: having resumed an activity that one had previously stopped performing.
baked-in	Definitions include: included.
bald man in a boat	Definitions include: clitoris.
barge in	Definitions include: to intrude.
barge in on	Definitions include: See barge in.
Bash one's skull in	Definitions include: To beat someone up, inflict head injury
bat in the cave	Definitions include: visible mucus in one's nostrils.
BBIAB	Definitions include: acronym for "be back in a bit", i.e. "I will return in a short amount of time."
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Other terms relating to 'the':
101 scoop, the	Definitions include: the real information or the proof, instruction, the know how, where, when, and why about something or someone.
2-10, the	Definitions include: walking, generally as opposed to driving.
3rd degree, the	Definitions include: interrogation.
3 sheets to the wind	Definitions include: extremely intoxicated
411, the	Definitions include: information.
a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.	Definitions include: something you have now is worth more than two things you have just a chance of getting.
about the size of it	Definitions include: a good estimate.
ace in the hole	Definitions include: a secret advantage.
across the board	Definitions include: inclusive.
add fuel to the fire	Definitions include: to make a bad situation worse.
against the clock	Definitions include: with the amount of time left to finish a task rapidly disappearing.
ahead of the curve	Definitions include: having an opinion or belief prior to it becoming common or popular.
aim Archie at the adamant	Definitions include: of a male, to urinate.
ain't no fun when the rabbit got the gun	Definitions include: Someone being butthurt over having something, they do to others regularly, done to the them
a little on the side	Definitions include: secret sexual activity with a person other than one's partner.
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