hecking
English
[edit]Adjective
[edit]hecking (not comparable)
- Alternative form of heckin'
- 2008, Harry Pearson, Hound Dog Days: One Dog and His Man: A Story of North Country Life and Canine Contentment, Hachette Book Group, →ISBN:
- 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!’
- 2013, Kelly Williams Brown, Adulting: How to Become a Grown-Up in 535 Easy(ish) Steps, Grand Central Life & Style, →ISBN:
- You are a hecking great wedding guest.
- 2019 March 20, Drew Perron, “8FOLD: Mancers # 7, "Blood Magic"”, in rec.arts.comics.creative (Usenet):
- What a hecking mind game @-@
- 2020 January 5, The Sheboygan Press, volume 114, number 20, page 6C:
- 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.
- 2021, Charlie Ellis, Love Is a Cockapoo: A Dog-tastic Celebration of the World’s Cutest Breed, Summersdale Publishers:
- 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.
Verb
[edit]hecking
- present participle and gerund of heck