Dictionary definition: hell

Thesaurus entry: fast
The Oxford Pocket Thesaurus of Current English;      271 words ... ... hurry, post-haste, expeditiously, with dispatch, like the wind, like a shot/flash, hell-bent, hell-bent for leather, like a bat out of hell; inf. lickety-split.   2. stuck fast synonyms : firmly, tightly, securely, immovably ...

Dictionary definition: snowball
The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English;      315 words ... ... snowballing Celia. 2. [ intr. ] increase rapidly in size, intensity, or importance: the campaign was snowballing. PHRASES: a snowball's chance ( in hell ) inf. no chance at all: the plan has a snowball's chance in hell of being accepted.

Dictionary definition: raise
The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English;      700+ words ... ... as a gesture of courtesy or respect to someone. raise hell inf. make a noisy disturbance. ∎  complain vociferously: he raised hell with real estate developers and polluters. raise hob see ...

Dictionary definition: bat
The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English;      415 words ... ... hindlimbs to the tail. PHRASES: have bats in the (or one's ) belfry inf. be eccentric or crazy. like a bat out of hell inf. very fast and wildly. bat 3 • v. ( bat·ted , bat·ting ) [ tr. ] flutter one's eyelashes ...

Dictionary definition: shot
The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English;      664 words ... ... of the race my nerves are shot. ∎  drunk. PHRASES: shot through with suffused with (a particular feature or quality): the mist was shot through with orange spokes of light. shot to pieces (or to hell ) inf. ruined.

Article: Hell's sober comeback: three out of 5 Americans now ...
U.S. News & World Report;  March 25, 1991 ;     700+ words ... ... by prudent seekers of religious piety. Hell is every believer's worst nightmare ... religions. But for much of the 20th century, hell didn't fare well. Attacked by modern ... flames of Hiroshima and the Holocaust, hell's frightful imagery lost much of its ...

Article: Hell's Kitchen proving to be hot among ...
Real Estate Weekly;  September 12, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... neighborhoods for potential home owners is Hell's Kitchen. Maybe it's because it still ... because of the neighborhood's past, but Hell's Kitchen offers buyers a value not seen ... buyers can reap by purchasing a home in Hell's Kitchen while sales prices are attractive ...