helluva
- hell of a (used as an intensifier): We had a helluva time getting through the heavy traffic. She's a helluva good player!
Origin of helluva
Examples from the Web for helluva
Contemporary Examples of helluva
Hosting the show really is the most thankless—and one of the most trying—jobs in showbiz, but DeGeneres did a helluva job.
“This Congress has not instilled a helluva lot of confidence in the party,” says longtime consultant Mark Corallo.
There are a helluva lot of reasons to cast aspersions on Mumford & Sons.
To her credit, she did a helluva job—even premiering an unreleased Deadmau5 song.
All things considered, Cheney remains convinced that he did a helluva job.
Dick Cheney Sounds Off on CIA Torture, Iraq, and More in New Sundance DocumentaryMarlow Stern
January 18, 2013
Historical Examples of helluva
Orkins might be the forefather of a new race—a helluva race.
The Whispering SpheresRussell Robert Winterbotham
"Your wife took a helluva chance, Gordon," Trench said heavily.
Police Your PlanetLester del Rey
And a helluva recommendation we would get from him, too, I bet yer!
Elkan Lubliner, AmericanMontague Glass
It's a helluva risk every time you make a shot, in spite of all the propaganda.
Tight SqueezeDean Charles Ing
But that would still be one helluva lot better than letting millions of acre feet just seep out to sea.
The Thirst QuenchersRick Raphael
helluva
- (intensifier)a helluva difficult job; he's a helluva guy
- Southern African (intensifier)it's helluva tough out here
Word Origin and History for helluva
1910, attempt to represent the casual pronunciation of expression hell of a _____, which is attested from 1776 (see hell).