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heigh

[ hey, hahy ]

interjection

  1. (an exclamation used to call attention, give encouragement, etc.)


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Word History and Origins

Origin of heigh1

First recorded in 1565–75

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Example Sentences

Suddenly a dozen voices burst forth in a cry of Heigh, there—stop!

So saying, he touched the horse's neck with his riding-wand, and it fell into its auld heigh-ho of a stumbling trot.

There was no audible quarreling among the cabmen, and when you called a cab it was useless to cry "Heigh!"

Heigh-Heavy laughed till he cried to see the little gnome run.

We could plainly hear their cries and yells as they discovered our escape, and with a “heigh-ho-heigh!”

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