Meaning of hell week | Babel Free

Definitions

1. The week during which new members are required to undergo undignified rites of initiation or gruelling discipline in order to be accepted into a fraternity, sorority, secret society, military group, etc.
   US, idiomatic
2. In a college or university, the week leading up to final examinations.
   US

Examples

“She was among a number of cadets taken to the infirmary with heat sickness on the first day of the rigorous drills called hell week.”

“As a college freshman, this was vividly impressed on me during my first exposure to hell week. Hell week is the term many students use in reference to what professors and other college officials call final exam week.”

“I finished my exam and handed it to the grad assistant at the front row. […] I had finished Hell Week! Winter break has officially begun.”

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