hey

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interjection
  1. (used as an exclamation to call attention or to express pleasure, surprise, bewilderment, etc.)

  2. Informal. hello: used as a greeting.

Origin of hey

1
1150–1200; Middle English hei

Words Nearby hey

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How to use hey in a sentence

  • Und you vos go owid on der blains und catch some counterfeiters, hey?

    The Rover Boys on the Farm | Arthur M. Winfield (AKA Edward Stratemeyer)
  • By the way, I've just found out why you was so anxious to get into this house, hey?

    Wayside Courtships | Hamlin Garland
  • He stopped in his dressing to say, "We've struck a great boarding place, hey?"

    Wayside Courtships | Hamlin Garland
  • Welting a man on the head with a whip-stock ain't anything, hey?

    Wayside Courtships | Hamlin Garland
  • But the land is an enemy to be feared, while the Frenchman is not—hey!

    The Two Admirals | J. Fenimore Cooper

British Dictionary definitions for hey

hey

/ (heɪ) /


interjection
  1. an expression indicating surprise, dismay, discovery, etc, or calling for another's attention

  2. Southern African an exclamation used for emphasis at the end of a statement, or alone to seek repetition or confirmation of another person's statement

  1. hey presto an exclamation used by conjurors to herald the climax of a trick

Origin of hey

1
C13: compare Old French hay, German hei, Swedish hej

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