helluvalot

noun

Etymology

From helluva + lot.

  1. inherited from *hlutą
  2. inherited from *hlut
  3. inherited from hlot — “portion, choice, decision
  4. inherited from lot
  5. compounded as helluvalot — “helluva + lot

Definitions

  1. A very large amount.

    • I think that, reduced to a very simple statement, it means a helluvalot to me whether Auschwitz actually happened or was simply imagined by someone.
    • Struggling into a sitting position, I clamped both hands over my shredded thigh. There was a helluvalot of blood, but it was pouring, not pumping, which meant the bastard missed the artery.
    • Anderson: No matter how good you think you are, there's always somebody quicker, faster, and a helluva lot smarter than you just around the corner.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for helluvalot. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA