hey

1. 1

   An exclamation to get attention.informal

   • Hey, look at this!
   • Hey! Listen!
2. 2

   A protest or reprimand.informal

   • Hey! Stop that!
3. 3

   An expression of surprise.informal

   • Hey! This is new!
4. 4

   An informal greeting, similar to hi.informal

   • Hey! How's it going?
5. 5

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

   • Hey? How's that?
6. 6

   Used as a tag question, to emphasise what goes before or to request that the listener express an opinion about what has been said.informal

   • "Who 's a cur - now - hey?"
7. 7

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

   • The chorus is "nana na na, nana na na hey hey hey, goodbye".

syn. yo · gee whiz · yowzah · howdy · wotcher · ahem · ahoy · cooee · hey · heyo · hoi · oi oi

1. 1

   To greet with a "hey"informal

1. 1

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

1. 1

   Alternative spelling of he (“Hebrew letter”).alt-ofalternativeinformal