English

Noun

Sam Hill

1. (slang) An intensifier.

   What the Sam Hill do you think you're doing?

   Who the Sam Hill does he think he is?

   Where in Sam Hill is that dog off to?

   • 1960, Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird, ch. 3,

     Walter poured syrup on his vegetables and meat with a generous hand. He probably would have poured it into his milk glass had I not asked what the sam hill he was doing.

Synonyms

• thunderation
• on Earth
• the devil
• the dickens
• the ****
• the heck
• the ****

See also

• Sam Hill (euphemism) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia