adj, adv, slang ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Adjective

1. 1
   (A) hell of a; extreme. colloquial, not-comparable

   "They had a helluva row over where to spend the weekend."

Adverb

1. 1
   ; (expletive) (A) hell of a; extremely or very. colloquial, not-comparable

   "We had a helluva good time at the party."

Synonyms

All synonyms

fuckuva

Example

More examples

"I think you're doing one helluva good job."

Etymology

Written form of a reduction (relaxed pronunciation) of hell of a.

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