Hella

Etymology 1
Related to "a hell of a". Originally Northern California slang. Also helluv.

Adjective

 * 1)  Intensifier, signifies an abundance of a thing; much or many.
 * There are hella people here.
 * 1)  a lot; or, a hell of a lot.
 * We paid hella for that Chinese cuisine.

Synonyms

 * mad

Adverb

 * 1)  Intensifier (modifies verbs); to a large extent; totally; very much.
 * I can't tell you how much I hella love the new track.
 * Jane was driving away, and the door was open, so I hella ran for it.
 * Oh, today's Cyrell's bday. We hella sang her happy birthday at the spot.
 * 1)  Intensifier (modifies adjectives); to a large degree; extremely; exceedingly.
 * I guess she seems hella stoned in her commercial.
 * I've been a Star Wars fan since I was hella young.

Synonyms

 * wicked (NE US)

Interjection

 * 1)  For sure; totally; hell yeah; used as a strong affirmation of something that was just said, accomplished, or revealed.
 * "We definitely rocked that shit man!" "Hella!"

Related terms

 * hecka (bowdlerization)
 * helluv
 * helluva

Etymology 2
Shortened form, or elision, of phrases like "hell have", approximating casual speech in writing.

Contraction
hella


 * 1)  Hell have.
 * Where the hella you been?

Etymology
From the noun helle:.

Noun

 * 1) range (for cooking)
 * 2) oven

Noun

 * 1) a paver; a stone or cast slab, a paving block
 * Að leggja hellur.
 * To pave.

Derived terms

 * eldunarhella (a hob)
 * fá hellu fyrir eyrun (to get one's ears stopped up)
 * fyrri neðan allar hellur
 * hella niður
 * hellanleiki (pourability)
 * helluleggja
 * rafmagnssteikingarhella (electric griddle grill)
 * steypt hella (cast stone, concrete paving unit)
 * suðuhella (boiling ring)

Verb

 * 1)  to pour
 * Ég hellti öllu gosinu þínu.
 * I poured all your soda.

Derived terms

 * hella í
 * hella niður
 * hella upp á, hella upp á könnuna
 * hella sér yfir

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