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hey | o |

As an interjection hey

is an exclamation to get attention.

As a noun hey

is (country dancing) a choreographic figure in which the dancers weave between one another.

As a letter o is

the letter o with an acute accent above it.

hey

English

Alternative forms

* (l) * (l)

Interjection

(en interjection)
  • An exclamation to get attention.
    • Hey , look at this!
  • A protest or reprimand.
    • Hey ! Stop that!
  • An expression of surprise.
    • Hey ! This is new!
  • (US, Australia, UK, Canada) An informal greeting, similar to hi.
    • Hey ! How's it going?
  • A request for repetition or explanation; an expression of confusion (see also eh, huh).
    • Hey ? How's that?
  • A meaningless beat marker or extra, filler syllable in song lyrics.
    • The chorus is "nana na na, nana na na hey hey hey, goodbye".

    Related terms

    * heyday * what the hey * hey up

    See also

    * huh * hay is for horses * (wikipedia "hey")

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (country dancing) A choreographic figure in which the dancers weave between one another.

    • Anagrams

    * ----

    o

    Translingual

    {{Basic Latin character info, previous=n, next=p, image= (wikipedia o)

    Letter

  • The fifteenth letter of the .

    • Symbol

    (Close-mid back rounded vowel) (head)
  • close-mid back rounded vowel

    • See also

    (Latn-script) {{Letter , page=O , NATO=Oscar , Morse=––– , Character=O , Braille=? }} Image:Latin O.png, Capital and lowercase versions of O , in normal and italic type Image:Fraktur letter O.png, Uppercase and lowercase O in Fraktur ----