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View synonyms for
hey
[ hey ]
interjection
- (used as an exclamation to call attention or to express pleasure, surprise, bewilderment, etc.)
- Informal. hello: used as a greeting.
hey
/ ɪ /
interjection
- an expression indicating surprise, dismay, discovery, etc, or calling for another's attention
- an exclamation used for emphasis at the end of a statement, or alone to seek repetition or confirmation of another person's statement
- hey prestoan exclamation used by conjurors to herald the climax of a trick
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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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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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