hey

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.

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hey

interj

1. an expression of surprise or for catching attention

2. hey presto! an exclamation used by conjurors at the climax of a trick [imitative]

Translations

hey [heɪ] excl → ¡oye!, ¡oiga!

hey [heɪ] excl → hé!

hey [heɪ] excl → he;

(to attract attention) → he du/Sie

hey [heɪ] excl → ehi!

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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 الإنتباهейhej!hejHe!έι! (επιφ.)eh; oyeheiآهایheihé!הֵי!अरे, एhej! ej!hé!hai!hæ!, hey!, heyrðu!ehi!おーい어이, 이봐ei!hei!heihé!hør her!; hallo!; Oj!; Ikke gjør det!hej!eh!hei!эй!hej!hej!hejhej!, hallå []!คำอุทานแสดงความประหลาดใจHey!, Haydi!, Bana bak!嗨овва!, гей!توجہ حاصل کرنے یا مخاطب کرنے کا بے تکلف کلمہnày嗨