The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word HECK
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What does HECK mean?
HECK noun- Hell.
- Hell.
- The bolt or latch of a door.
- A rack for cattle to feed at.
- A door, especially one partly of latticework.
- A latticework contrivance for catching fish.
- An apparatus for separating the threads of warps into sets, as they are wound upon the reel from the bobbins, in a warping machine.
- A bend or winding of a stream.