heck

Etymology 1

Late 19th century, originally dialectal northern English, from a euphemistic alteration of hell.

intj

1. (euphemistic) Hell.
   Heck, what did I expect? It's too muddy out to go biking today.

noun

1. (euphemistic) Hell.
   You can go to heck as far as I'm concerned.

Etymology 2

See hatch (“a half door”).

noun

1. The bolt or latch of a door.
2. A rack for cattle to feed at.
3. (obsolete) A door, especially one partly of latticework.
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.