Phrase info

what the heck

Meaning

what the heck

(euphemistic) what the hell

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Examples

I was born in ancient times, at the end of the world, in a patriarchal Catholic and conservative family. No wonder that by age five I was a raging feminist - although the term had not reached Chile yet, so nobody knew what the heck was wrong with me. Isabel Allende

Actually, the fun part was not knowing what the heck I was going to be doing. Utada Hikaru

At least when it's in French, I won't know what the heck they're saying. Frank Robinson

What the heck is true love? I remember feeling, back when I was 12 and 'going' with this girl, 'Is this true love?' Matthew McConaughey

I hate remakes of TV shows - I didn't like the new Charlie's Angels at all - and I just don't see the point of going back and doing the same thing over again. Baywatch was fun and successful, probably because we didn't know what the heck we were doing. Pamela Anderson

No: What the heck happened? Or: Why did you go from nearly kissing me to tossing me across your yard and into the patio furniture? Alyson Noel

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