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(just) for the heck of it (American & Australian)
if you do something for the heck of it, you do it only because you want to or because you think it is funny. They spent the afternoon phoning different numbers and talking to strangers - just for the heck of it.

(just) for the heck of it
without having any particular reason or purpose. Let me explain this another way, just for the heck of it.

a heck of a someone/something

a surprisingly good person or thing. It's a heck of a deal from a business standpoint. He's a great teacher, and besides that, he's a heck of a nice guy.

a heck of a something

a very difficult activity or bad thing. We have a heck of a time putting the day's news into a half-hour program. That was a heck of a present – why would anyone think you wanted such an ugly painting?

a heck of a lot of something

a large amount of something. You've spent a heck of a lot of money on that thing.
See also: lot


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Liz Heck joins as an Acc't Exec she held internships in the newsroom of WBAP-AM and with the communication department of Bass Performance Hall.
Women in same-sex relationships have lower rates of coverage than those in opposite-sex relationships," says lead researcher Julia Heck, who at the time of the study was a fellow at Columbia's Institute for Social and Economic Research and Policy.
``To be in the middle of a playoff chase, to be playing a new position and to be hitting like he's doing, he's doing a heck of a job.
 
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