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. 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

The computer-vision system can count your reps, offer form-correcting tips and respond to voice commands: “Hey Peloton, change my weights to 20 pounds.”

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“I think my intuition was like, hey, girl, you need to protect your reproductive options,” she said.

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Hey, coach, take a look at us now.

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I remember calling my mom, saying “Hey, can you find the photos of me in my Nova Scotia provincial team basketball uniform when I was, like, 10 years old?”

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I grilled the recruiter the first couple of conversations we had and said, “Hey, listen, I don’t have any experience in this industry. Are you sure I’m not going to make it through 25 interviews, only for them to turn around and be like, ‘Oh, we found a soccer expert’?”

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• cry 
• exclamation 
• expletive 
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