| hell | |
| 1. n. (hyperbole, figuratively) 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 | |
| 2. n. A place for gambling. | |
| 3. n. (figuratively) An extremely hot place. | |
| You don't have a snowball's chance in hell. | |
| 4. n. (sometimes considered vulgar) Used as an intensifier in phrases grammatically requiring a noun | |
| I'm as mad as hell and I'm not going to take it any more. | |
| What the hell is wrong with you?! | |
| He says he's going home early? Like hell he is. | |
| 5. n. (obsolete) A place into which a tailor throws his shreds, or a printer his broken type. | |
| 6. n. quote, en, In certain games of chase, a place to which those who are caught are carried for detention. | |
| 7. interj. (impolite, sometimes considered vulgar) Used to express discontent, unhappiness, or anger. | |
| Oh, hell! I got another parking ticket. | |
| 8. interj. (impolite, sometimes considered vulgar) Used to emphasize. | |
| Hell, yeah! | |
| 9. interj. (impolite, sometimes considered vulgar) 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! | |
| 10. v. (rare, metal-working) To add luster to, burnish (silver or gold). | |
| 11. v. (rare) To pour. | |
