hey
1
4.4
- noun
- /heɪ/
- Informal
:
grito
- As none of the fifty guests dared leave and no great number of us could be supplied with bedding, it was decided to dance the night through with lines, squares, and heys to keep ourselves warm—but no one was very cold, with fifty bodies and a great fire blazing.
Examples
-
The teacher called out to her students, but all she heard in reply were a few scattered heys.
-
It just went on and on and thinking about thousands of people chanting, Hey, hey, LBJ, how many kids did you kill today?
-
When she entered the room, everyone greeted her with cheerful heys.
-
After a long silence, the group finally broke the tension with a friendly exchange of heys.
Synonyms
162
1.0
A loud cry to get attention or show strong feeling
30
9.9
A short shout people use to greet someone or get their attention
14
8.5
A shout sailors make to greet or get attention at sea
8
3.8
A short loud shout showing surprise or strong feeling
7
9.9
A short exclamation used to show surprise or get someone's attention
4
9.9
A spoken call in Spanish used to get someone's attention
3
9.9
A loud old-fashioned call to get someone's attention
2
9.9
A short, informal shout to greet someone or get attention
1
8.6
A friendly greeting used to get someone's attention
1
7.8
A loud call to get someone's attention from a distance
1
8.6
A friendly informal way to say hello
1
7.8
A friendly call to get someone's attention or say hello
1
9.9
A loud shout to call dogs in a hunt or get someone's attention
1
4.1
A very loud shout to show strong feeling or get attention
1
9.9
A soft sound to get someone's attention without speaking
A short shout to get attention, for example to show surprise or annoyance
A loud shout to get attention from far away
A very loud shout that sounds like an animal call
A short loud sound that gets people's attention
Idioms
Compounds
How Loud
Surface Forms
Etymology
As a noun, hey simply names that short shout or cry someone makes to call another person, the same quick sound you hear when someone says 'hey' across a room. So a 'hey' is just the word for that little call used to get someone's attention.