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

/ heɪ /

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of hey¹

1150–1200; Middle English hei

Word History and Origins

Origin of hey¹

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

Example Sentences

Everywhere I go, ‘Hey Cartman, you must like Family Guy, right?’

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Hey, whatever keeps those lecherous freaks from sexually assaulting humans is fine by us.

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Then, last year, she received a call from Anderson: “Hey, do you remember when we met over ten years ago?”

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But hey, maybe anti-regime posters wrote those, this being one place where it is open to being cyber-slimed.

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On the one hand, these results say: Hey, there is real support for Democrats in the South.

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

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By the way, I've just found out why you was so anxious to get into this house, hey?

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He stopped in his dressing to say, "We've struck a great boarding place, hey?"

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Welting a man on the head with a whip-stock ain't anything, hey?

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But the land is an enemy to be feared, while the Frenchman is not—hey!

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