hell

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   A place of torment where some or all sinners are believed to go after death and evil…

   A place of torment where some or all sinners are believed to go after death and evil spirits are believed to be.

   • May you rot in hell!
   • Thou shalt beat him with the rod, and shalt deliver his soul from hell.
   • Better to reign in Hell than serve in Heaven.
2. 2

   A place or situation of great suffering in life.

   • My new boss is making my job a hell.
   • I went through hell to get home today.
   • callback hell; <table> hell; <div> hell
3. 3

   A place for gambling.

   • Here’s five-and-twenty for you. Don’t be losing it at the hells now.
   • a convenient little gambling hell for those who had grown reckless
   • There's light behind here—a hole through the wall. I believe the place is a regular swindling hell.
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   1. 4

      An extremely hot place.

      • You don’t have a snowball's chance in hell.
      • when hell freezes over
   2. 5

      Used as an intensifier in phrases grammatically requiring a noun.

      • She's got her arms down to her side, defiant. But just for the hell of it, she leans into him, wraps her arms around his neck, puts her head on his shoulder, and hangs on tight.
      • I’m as mad as hell and I’m not going to take it anymore.
      • What the hell is wrong with you?!
   3. 6

      A place into which a tailor throws shreds, or a printer discards broken type.

      • This sturdy Squire, he had, as well As the bold Trojan Knight, seen Hell.
   4. 7

      In certain games of chase, a place to which those who are caught are carried for…

      In certain games of chase, a place to which those who are caught are carried for detention.

   5. 8

      Something extremely painful or harmful (to)

      • That steep staircase is hell on my knees.
   6. 9

      Used to express discontent, unhappiness, or anger.

      • Oh, hell! I got another parking ticket.
      • O hell! what have we here? A carrion Death, within whose empty eye There is a written scroll! […]
   7. 10

      Used to emphasize.

      • Hell yeah!
   8. 11

      Used to introduce an intensified statement following an understated one

      Used to introduce an intensified statement following an understated one; nay; not only that, but.

      • Do it, or, rest assured, there will be no more Middle Eastern crisis – hell, there will be no more Middle East!
   9. 12

      Alternative form of the hell or like hell.

      • - Oh, aren't they sweet?
      • ‘[…] I know whether a boy is telling me the truth or not.’ ‘Thank you, sir.’ Did he hell. They never bloody did.
   10. 13

       Very

       Very; used to emphasize strongly.

       • That was hell good!
       • They're hell sexy.
   11. 14

       To make hellish

       To make hellish; to place (someone) in hell; to make (a place) into a hell.

   12. 15

       To hurry, rush.

       • I had already lost thirteen points, all because she had to come helling in there at twelve, worrying me about that letter.
   13. 16

       To move quickly and loudly

       To move quickly and loudly; to raise hell as part of motion.

       • He was helling down the road with his radio blaring.
   14. 17

       To add luster to

       To add luster to; to burnish (silver or gold).

       • To hell gold or gilt workː take two ounces of tartar, two ounces of sulfur.. and it will give it a fine luster.
   15. 18

       To pour.

       • 18th century, Josiah Relph, The Harvest; or Bashful Shepherd Gosh, the sickle went into me handː Down hell'd the bluid.
   16. 19

       Alternative spelling of Hel.

   17. 20

       Alternative form of Hela.

   18. 21

       Alternative letter-case form of hell.

       • In ancient times, Turfan was called Huochou, or Fire City, which was not inappropriate. Turfan is located in the lowest depression in Asia, just a notch above Hell.
   19. 22

       Any of various places so named.

       • Officially the Nordland Railway begins at Hell, but popularly the whole route north of Trondheim is so called.

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