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hey  (h)
interj.
Used to attract attention or to express surprise, appreciation, wonder, or pleasure.
Regional Note: Traditionally, hey was just an exclamation. Sometimes it expressed delight, sometimes a warning. Nowadays we find it used for emphasis as well, especially in the expression but hey. It is also a greeting. It is a short, colloquial version of How are you? and thus close kin to the informal salutation hi, which it seems to be replacing in many situations. Until recently, this greeting had a distinctly Southern flavor. The national survey conducted in the 1960s by the Dictionary of American Regional English found hey as a greeting restricted chiefly to Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Florida, Georgia, and the Carolinas. The friendly hey has since spread throughout the United States.

hey [heɪ]
interj
1. an expression indicating surprise, dismay, discovery, etc., or calling for another's attention
hey presto an exclamation used by conjurors to herald the climax of a trick
[compare Old French hay, German hei, Swedish hej]
Translations
hey [heɪ] EXCL¡oye!, ¡oiga!

hey [ˈheɪ ˈheɪ] excl
(to attract attention)hé!
(= to show annoyance) → hé!
Hey, what do you mean? → Hé, qu'est-ce que vous insinuez?
(US) (= hello) → salut!

hey
interj (to attract attention) → he (Sie/du); (in surprise) → he, Mensch (inf); hey prestoHokuspokus (Fidibus)

hey [heɪ] exclehi!
hey [heɪ] exclehi!

hey
interj hey [hei]
a shout expressing joy, or a question, or used to attract attention Hey! What are you doing there? haai!, hè? حرْف نِداء للسؤال او التعبير عن السرور او لَفْت الإنتباه ей hej! hej He! έι! (επιφ.) eh; oye hei آهای hei hé! הֵי! अरे, ए hej! ej! hé! hai! hæ!, hey!, heyrðu! ehi! おーい 어이, 여봐 ei! hei! hei hé! hør her!; hallo!; Oj!; Ikke gjør det! hej! eh! hei! эй! hej! hej! hej hej!, hallå []! คำอุทานแสดงความประหลาดใจ Hey!, Haydi!, Bana bak! (表示喜悅或提問,或引起注意的喊聲)嘿! овва!, гей! توجہ حاصل کرنے یا مخاطب کرنے کا بے تکلف کلمہ này


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With a hey and a ho And a hey nonny no, A butcher of Nottingham
A prize indeed would Kellynch Hall be to him; rather the greatest prize of all, let him have taken ever so many before; hey, Shepherd?
Hey, you, Viaburi, ring big fella bell strong fella too much.
 
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