A minced oath, an expression of dismay, disgust, anger, surprise etc. / Used like "what the hell" to add emphasis.

Alternative form of rakehell

Alternative form of rakehell

An exclamation of astonishment or horror.

Born of or in hell.

plural of hell-raiser

(programming, colloquial) (mostly of the JavaScript language) The situation where callbacks are nested within other callbacks several levels deep, potentially making it difficult to understand and maintain the code.

(computing, colloquial) The situation when installed software packages have conflicting, incompatible dependencies on specific versions of other software packages.

(computing, informal) (of the Java language) Problems caused by incompatible versions of a JAR (Java archive).

The situation where a movie, a piece of software, etc. is mired in problems that delay its production and release.