ONE HELL/HECK OF A SOMETHING

Meaning of ONE HELL/HECK OF A SOMETHING in English

the emphasis that something is very good or bad The residents of the town gave the Prime Minister one heck of a welcome when he visited them last winter.

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HECK — County: Dumfries and Galloway Post Code: DG11
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HECK — noun Etymology: euphemism Date: 1887 hell 2 , hell 4
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
ONE — I. |wən adjective Etymology: Middle English oon, on, from Old English ān; akin to Old High German ein one, Old …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
HELL — I. ˈhel noun ( -s ) Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English, from Old English; akin to Old English helan …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
HECK — I. ˈhek noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English hek, from Old English hæc, -hec — more at hatch 1. …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
HECK — (n.) A bend or winding of a stream.
Английский словарь Webster
HECK — (n.) An apparatus for separating the threads of warps into sets, as they are wound upon the reel from the …
Английский словарь Webster
HECK — (n.) A latticework contrivance for catching fish.
Английский словарь Webster
HECK — (n.) A door, especially one partly of latticework; -- called also heck door.
Английский словарь Webster
HECK — ( n. ) A door, especially one partly of latticework; -- called also heck door.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
ONE — /wun/ , adj. 1. being or amounting to a single unit or individual or entire thing, item, or object rather …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
HELL — — hell-like , adj. /hel/ , n. 1. the place or state of punishment of the wicked after death; the …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
HECK — heck 1 /hek/ , interj. 1. (used as a mild expression of annoyance, rejection, disgust, etc.): What the heck do …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
ONE — I. ˈwən adjective Etymology: Middle English on, an, from Old English ān; akin to Old High German ein one, Latin …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
HELL — noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English; akin to Old English helan to conceal, Old High German helan, Latin celare, …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
HECK — noun Etymology: euphemism Date: 1887 1. : hell 2 all heck breaks loose 2. : hell 4 a heck of …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
HELL — vt a gambling house. 2. hell ·vt to overwhelm. 3. hell ·vt a place where outcast persons or things are …
Webster English vocab
HECK — noun the bolt or latch of a door. 2. heck ·noun a rack for cattle to feed at. 3. heck …
Webster English vocab
HELL — [hell] n [ME, fr. OE; akin to OE helan to conceal, OHG helan, L celare, Gk kalyptein] (bef. 12c) 1 …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
HECK — [heck] n [euphemism] (1887): hell "a ~ of a lot of money"
Merriam-Webster English vocab
HELL — the abode or state of being of evil spirits or souls that are damned to postmortem punishment. Derived from an …
Britannica English vocabulary
HECK — heck, Heck BrE AmE hek
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
SOMETHING — / ˈsʌmθɪŋ; NAmE / pronoun , adverb ■ pronoun 1. a thing that is not known or mentioned by name …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
ONE — / wʌn; NAmE / number , determiner , pronoun ■ number , determiner 1. the number 1 : Do you …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
HELL — / hel; NAmE / noun 1. [ sing. ] (usually Hell ) (used without a or the ) in some …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
HECK — / hek; NAmE / exclamation , noun ( informal ) used to show that you are slightly annoyed or surprised …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SOMETHING — some ‧ thing S1 W1 /ˈsʌmθɪŋ/ BrE AmE pronoun 1 . used to mean a particular thing when you do …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
ONE — I. one 1 S1 W1 /wʌn/ BrE AmE number 1 . the number 1: They had one daughter. one hundred …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
HELL — I. hell 1 S1 W3 /hel/ BrE AmE noun [ Language: Old English ] 1 . WHEN YOU DIE [uncountable] …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
HECK — I. heck 1 /hek/ BrE AmE interjection informal [ Date: 1800-1900 ; Origin: hell ] 1 . used to show …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
ONE — adj., n., & pron. --adj. 1 single and integral in number. 2 (with a noun implied) a single person or …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
HELL — n. 1 a place regarded in some religions as the abode of the dead, or of condemned sinners and devils. …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
ONE — adj., n., & pron. adj. 1 single and integral in number. 2 (with a noun implied) a single person or …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
HELL — n. 1 a place regarded in some religions as the abode of the dead, or of condemned sinners and devils. …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
ONE — adj., n., & pron. --adj. 1. single and integral in number. 2 (with a noun implied) a single person or …
Oxford English vocab
HELL — n.1 a place regarded in some religions as the abode of the dead, or of condemned sinners and devils. 2 …
Oxford English vocab
SOMETHING — Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. You use something to refer to …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
ONE — ( ones) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. One is the number …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
HELL — ( hells) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. In some religions, hell …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
HECK — 1. People sometimes say ‘ heck! ’ when they are slightly irritated or surprised. ( INFORMAL ) Heck, if you …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
HECK — 1. People sometimes say ‘~!’ when they are slightly irritated or surprised. (INFORMAL) Heck, if you don’t like it, don’t …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
SOMETHING — pronoun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES ... or anything/something spoken (= or something of the same kind ) ▪ Would you …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
ONE — I. number COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a fine one to talk (= you are criticizing someone for something you do …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
HELL — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES (as) mad as hell (= a rude way of saying very angry ) cast sb …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
HECK — I. interjection EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES ▪ Aw, heck , I can't do this. II. noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
SOMETHING — [pronoun] - an object, situation, quality or action which is not exactly known or statedThere's something sharp in my shoe.Something …
Cambridge English vocab
HELL — (EXPRESSION) exclamation, [noun] [U] - used to express anger or to give emphasis to an expressionOh hell, I've forgotten my …
Cambridge English vocab
HECK — exclamation, [noun] [slang] - an expression of usually slight annoyance or surprise, or a way of adding force to a …
Cambridge English vocab
HELL — See: COME HELL OR HIGH WATER, GO THROUGH HELL AND HIGH WATER, HELL-ON-WHEELS, LIKE HELL, TO HELL WITH, UNTIL HELL …
Slang English vocab
HECK — Spelled with initial capital letter. A milder version of Hell (Hell Light)--which usually isn't spelled with an initial capital letter. …
Slang English vocab
HELL — n. 25B6; noun they feared hell : THE NETHERWORLD, the Inferno, the infernal regions, the abyss; eternal damnation, perdition; hellfire, …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
HELL — See: COME HELL OR HIGH WATER, GO THROUGH HELL AND HIGH WATER, HELL-ON-WHEELS, LIKE HELL, TO HELL WITH, UNTIL HELL …
Словарь английских идиом
HECK — See: RAISE THE DEVIL or RAISE HECK or RAISE HOB or RAISE NED.
Словарь английских идиом
HECK — hell, shucks She asked me to come in, but heck, her boyfriend was there.
English Idioms vocab
HECK — hell, shucks She asked me to come in, but heck, her boyfriend was there.
English Idioms vocabulary
ONE — pronoun 1 BAD : Fluency in English is one of the best qualifications you can have. GOOD : Fluency in …
Longman Common Errors English vocabulary
SOMETHING — 1. мест.; неопред.; как сущ. кое-что, нечто, что-нибудь, что-то; до некоторой степени He is something of an artist. ≈ Он …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
ONE — 1. числ. колич. 1) один (число 1) one book ≈ одна книга one million ≈ один миллион one half ≈ …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
HELL — 1. сущ. 1) ад Syn : bedlam, Hades 2) а) игорный дом Syn : gaming-house, gambling-booth б) притон 3) 'дом' …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
HECK — I сущ. задвижка, защелка, щеколда Syn : latch, catch II сущ.; межд.; эвф. от hell (шотландское) люк деревянная заградительная решетка, …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
SOMETHING — something.ogg 1. ʹsʌmθıŋ n 1. какая-л. должность, какое-л. положение ( где-л. ) he is something in the Record Office - …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
ONE — one.ogg 1. wʌn n 1. 1> (число) один one and two make three - один плюс /и/ два - три …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
HELL — hell.ogg 1. hel n 1. ад, преисподняя to make smb.'s life a hell - образн. превратить чью-л. жизнь в ад …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
HECK — _I hek n шотл. 1. = hatch 1 2. деревянная заградительная решётка, установленная в реке 3. кормушка для лошадей 4. …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей

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