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How to pronounce “hey”
Hear “hey” in real YouTube speech, then study definitions and example sentence snippets.
Pronunciation guide for hey
- Learning goal
- Practice the English pronunciation of hey with real speech in context.
- Available examples
- 8 YouTube examples
- Real speech example
- Dot Dead: A Silicon Valley Mystery
parties I go to I say hey what do you do
- Definition summary
- An exclamation to get attention.
Example 1 of 8
How to pronounce hey
Dot Dead: A Silicon Valley Mystery
parties I go to I say hey what do you do
Example Sentences
A Deep Dive Into “hey”
Meaning
- [Interjection]
- 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.
- Used as a tag question, to emphasise what goes before or to request that the listener express an opinion about what has been said.
- A meaningless beat marker or extra, filler syllable in song lyrics.
- [Verb]
- To greet with a "hey"
- [Noun]
- (country dancing) A choreographic figure in which three or more dancers weave between one another, passing by left and right shoulder alternately.
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