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Definition of "heckuva" []

  • Slang Used as an intensive: You've done a heckuva good job. (adjective)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "heckuva" in a sentence
  • "Now that's what one might call a heckuva coincidence."
  • "Take Hansbrough out of that lineup, and you've still got what Williams would undoubtedly refer to as a heckuva frickin 'team."
  • "When he said that Lawrence Summers, who stepped down last month as chair of the National Economic Council, has done a "heckuva" job, Stewart pounced on an obvious opportunity for comic relief."
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