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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
an exclamation used by conjurors to herald the climax of a trick
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of hey1
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of hey1
Example Sentences
Sometimes people do ask me, “Was there any part of you that was like, ‘Hey, let’s not have Joel die?’”
Hey, what’s a few decades between friends, amirite?
State workers cleaned up the graffiti spray painted on buildings and sidewalks the night before with no interference from the protesters, other than a few saying, “Hey, that’s artwork not graffiti.”
I might have made it up, but hey, confidence.
And then I say, “Hey, I have a suggestion,” and then I get to find out if they chose mine or not, and they frequently did.
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