hey

interjection · verb · nounA1

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interjection

hayheigh

1.
(informal)An exclamation to get attention.
Hey, look at this!
Hey! Listen!
2.
(informal)A protest or reprimand.
Hey! Stop that!
3.
(informal)An expression of surprise.
Hey! This is new!
4.
(informal)An informal greeting, similar to hi.
Hey! How's it going?
5.
(informal)A request for repetition or explanation; an expression of confusion.
Hey? How's that?
6.
(informal)Used as a tag question, to emphasise what goes before or to request that the listener express an opinion about what has been said.
7.
(informal)A meaningless beat marker or extra, filler syllable in song lyrics.
The chorus is "nana na na, nana na na hey hey hey, goodbye".

Động từ

verb

V_es/s

heys

V_ing/Gerund

heying

V_ed/pp

heyedhay

1.
(informal)To greet with a "hey"

Danh từ

noun

Plural noun:

heys

1.
(informal)(country dancing) A choreographic figure in which three or more dancers weave between one another, passing by left and right shoulder alternately.
2.
(alt of, alternative, informal)Alternative spelling of he (“Hebrew letter”).

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Đồng nghĩa

oiyo blimeygee whizyowzaheh huh hi howdywotcherfor repetition or explanation eh, huh

Cùng gốc / liên quan

but heyheydayhey heyhey hohey Joeheyohey passhey prestohey Rubehey misterhey therehey uphey yalike hey-go-madstomp clap heywhat the heyyeheyhuhhay is for horses

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Nguồn gốc từ

From Middle English hey, hei, also without h- in ey, from Old English *hē, ēa, attested as first element in hēlā, ēalā (O!, alas!, oh!, lo!). Cognate with hé, hei (hi, hey), hei, and hej, hey,, and hei, hej, hei, эй; see heigh.