What does helluva mean?
Helluva means (colloquial) (A) hell of a; extreme..
Helluva
/ˈhɛləvə/ · adjective
Meaning
(colloquial) (A) hell of a; extreme..
Definitions by Sense
- (colloquial) (A) hell of a; extreme.
- (colloquial); (expletive) (A) hell of a; extremely or very.
Example Sentences
They had a helluva row over where to spend the weekend.
Where were you? - Lost in Paris. - Wow! Helluva place to get lost!
Well, I got a Muppet News Flash for you, pal; it is possible for a three-year-old girl who loves to watch ducks and collect sea shells to feel bad, and then a bit worse, and then a whole helluva lot worse, and finally lousy in a way that requires machines and tubes and pills and catheters and before you know it you’re sitting in the front pew at good ol’ St. Fracis de Sales Church on Granville Street along with your wife and parents and inlaws and X-amount of your balding schoolboy chums listening to some second-rate organist eviscerate Bach’s “Sheep May Safely Graze”[…]
We had a helluva good time at the party.
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They had a helluva row over where to spend the weekend.
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