hey

/heɪ/

interjection

  1. 1

    An exclamation to get attention.

    “Hey! Listen!”
  2. 2

    A protest or reprimand.

    “Hey! Stop that!”
  3. 3

    An expression of surprise.

    “Hey! This is new!”
  4. 4

    An informal greeting, similar to hi.

    “Hey! How's it going?”
  5. 5

    A request for repetition or explanation; an expression of confusion.

    “Hey? How's that?”
  6. 6

    A meaningless beat marker or extra, filler syllable in song lyrics.

    “The chorus is "nana na na, nana na na hey hey hey, goodbye".”

Synonyms

noun

  1. 1

    (country dancing) A choreographic figure in which three or more dancers weave between one another, passing by left and right shoulder alternately.

noun

  1. 1

    The name of the fifth letter of many Semitic alphabets (Phoenician, Aramaic, Hebrew, Syriac, Arabic and others).

  2. 2

    The name of the first letter of the Old South Arabian abjad.

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