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hey

[ hey ]

interjection

  1. (used as an exclamation to call attention or to express pleasure, surprise, bewilderment, etc.)
  2. Informal. hello: used as a greeting.


hey

/ ɪ /

interjection

  1. an expression indicating surprise, dismay, discovery, etc, or calling for another's attention
  2. an exclamation used for emphasis at the end of a statement, or alone to seek repetition or confirmation of another person's statement
  3. hey presto
    an exclamation used by conjurors to herald the climax of a trick
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of hey1

1150–1200; Middle English hei
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Word History and Origins

Origin of hey1

C13: compare Old French hay, German hei, Swedish hej
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Example Sentences

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Hey, have you ever heard of the North American house hippo?

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“I really hope that one day she kind of runs with it and it’s like ‘hey I could be like them’,” continued Honda, the Galaxy’s finance director.

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Shortly after that, we were riding down the highway on our bus, and our driver goes, “Hey, Celine Dion’s bus is next to us.”

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The child was airlifted to Alder Hey Hospital in Liverpool but died on Monday afternoon, North Wales Police said.

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Known for hits like Ms Jackson, Rosa Parks and Hey Ya!, their swampy Southern rhythms and bohemian take on hip-hop changed the sound of the genre in the late 1990s and early 2000s.

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