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hey
English
Pronunciation
- enPR: h?, IPA(key): /he?/
- Homophone: hay
- Rhymes: -e?
Etymology 1
From Middle English hey, hei, also without h- in ey, from Old English *h?, ?a (interjection), attested as first element in h?l?, ?al? (“O!, alas!, oh!, lo!”). Cognate with Dutch hé, hei (“hi, hey”), German hei (“hey, wow”), Danish and Swedish hej (“hello, hey”), Faroese hey (“hey, hello”), Old Norse, Icelandic and Norwegian hei (“hey”), Romanian hei, Russian ?? (ej, “hey”); see heigh. Probably a natural expression, as may be inferred from its presence with similar meaning in many other unrelated languages: for example, Burmese ??? (he:), Finnish hei, Unami hè, and Mandarin ? (?i), and various sound-alikes as Ancient Greek ??? (eîa) and Latin eia, eho, Sanskrit ?? (he). See also hello.
Alternative forms
- hay
- heigh
Interjection
hey
- An exclamation to get attention.
- A protest or reprimand.
- An expression of surprise.
- An informal greeting, similar to hi.
- A request for repetition or explanation; an expression of confusion.
- A meaningless beat marker or extra, filler syllable in song lyrics.
Synonyms
- (exclamation to get attention): oi, yo; see also Thesaurus:hey
- (expression of surprise): blimey, gee whiz, yowzah; see also Thesaurus:wow
- (for repetition or explanation): eh, huh
- (informal greeting): hi, howdy, wotcher; see also Thesaurus:hello
Related terms
Translations
See also
- huh
- hay is for horses
- hey on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Etymology 2
From French haie (“hedge”), with reference to the weaving patterns used in hedgelaying.
Noun
hey (plural heys)
- (country dancing) A choreographic figure in which three or more dancers weave between one another, passing by left and right shoulder alternately.
Translations
Etymology 3
See he.
Noun
hey (plural heys)
- Alternative spelling of he (Hebrew letter)
Anagrams
- Yeh, hye, yeh
Faroese
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation
Interjection
hey
- hi, hey, hello
- Synonyms: halló, góðan morgun, góðan dag, gott kvøld
- Antonyms: farvæl, vit síggjast
Icelandic
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /hei?/
- Rhymes: -ei?
Etymology 1
From Old Norse hey, from Proto-Germanic *hawj?.
Noun
hey n (genitive singular heys, nominative plural hey)
- (usually uncountable) hay
Declension
Etymology 2
Interjection
hey
- hey
Middle English
Etymology 1
From Old English h??, h?e?, from Proto-West Germanic *hawi, from Proto-Germanic *hawj? (“hay”).
Noun
hey (uncountable)
- hay
Alternative forms
- hey?, heygh, hay, ay, heyn, hayn, hei, hei?, heigh, hai, hain
Descendants
- English: hay
- Scots: hey
- Yola: hye, hey
References
- “hei, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Etymology 2
From Old English *h?, ?a. See English hey for more.
Interjection
hey
- hey
Alternative forms
- hay, ay, he, heh, heigh
Descendants
- English: hey
- Scots: hey
References
- “hei, interj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Etymology 3
Noun
hey
- Alternative form of heye (“hedge”)
Etymology 4
Noun
hey (uncountable)
- Alternative form of hye (“haste”)
Etymology 5
Pronoun
hey
- Alternative form of he (“he”)
Etymology 6
Pronoun
hey
- Alternative form of he (“they”)
Etymology 7
Verb
hey (third-person singular simple present heyeth, present participle heyynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle heyed)
- Alternative form of heien (“to lift up”)
Etymology 8
Pronoun
hey (comparative heyer, superlative heyest)
- Alternative form of heigh (“high”)
Portuguese
Verb
hey
- Obsolete spelling of hei
Somali
Verb
hey
- possess
Spanish
Alternative forms
- ey
Etymology
Borrowed from English hey.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?ei/, [?ei?]
- (Imitating English) IPA(key): /?xei/, [?xei?]
Interjection
¡hey!
- hey!
- Synonyms: eh, oye
Related terms
- ah
- oh
- hala
Yola
Noun
hey
- Alternative form of hye
hey From the web:
- what hey means
- what heyyyy means
- what heyy mean
- what heyyy mean
- what hey means in texting
- what hey you means
- what hey there means
- what hey in spanish
ghey
English
Adjective
ghey
- (Internet slang, derogatory) deliberate misspelling of gay (homosexual).
- 2002, Alan Kennedy, in fur.artwork.erotica [1]
- Like the subject says, I'm tired of rampant ghey furry porn, sorry guys, too many dicks and not enough nips and twat..
- 2003, Mad Hatter©, in alt.alien.vampire.flonk.flonk.flonk [2]
- Sometimes ghey celebs who don't wanna look so ghey will "get married" to kinda cover it up.
- 2005, daesfunka, in ardkor.com[3]
- Breakcore is about licking big guns, I mean about gheyness.
- 2002, Alan Kennedy, in fur.artwork.erotica [1]
- (Internet slang, derogatory) deliberate misspelling of gay (lame, uncool).
- 1998, Herb Wilson, in alt.games.mk [4]
- Just looking for a good site to give me info about all the moves, fatality's, nudatlities (if they exist=P) so I dont have to wade through the ghey posts to find the worthwhile ones
- 1999, Brennan Murray, in alt.games.moo2 [5]
- Don't be ghey. Go BUY it for like $15 US dollars. Order it from chips and bits, I'm sure it's cheap.
- 2000, Frank Rizzo, in alt.games.quake3 [6]
- I said at the end of the match "See, I don't need no ghey crutch to whoop yas."
- 2001, Daniel Gordon, in aus.cars [7]
- That is pretty ghey considering street commodores did the 160hp ? 240hp EFI V8 for around $5000
- 2006, Tom Dean (TomTom), in rock-forums.com[8]
- How many posts left..? 998,797.. that's seriously ghey.
- 1998, Herb Wilson, in alt.games.mk [4]
ghey From the web:
- what they'll say about us
- what they want lyrics
- what they'll say about us lyrics
- what they do in the shadows
- what they want
- what they really want
- what they had
- what they really want lyrics
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