Answer: hecks

AnswerCrossword Clue
HECKSMild oaths
HECKSMinced oaths
HECKSMild epithets
heckssomething remarkable of its kind (usually used in the phrase heck of a)
heckscomblike attachment on a loom, for guiding the warp threads as they are dressed for the warp beam
hecksdevice that guides yarn onto the bobbin of a spinning wheel
hecksHECK, hell
hecks(used as a mild expression of annoyance, rejection, disgust, etc.)