exclamation (informal)
1 used to attract sb's attention or to express interest, surprise or anger:
Hey, can I just ask you something? * Hey, leave my things alone!
2 used to show that you do not really care about sth or that you think it is not important:
That's the third time I've been late this week - but hey! - who's counting?
IDIOMS
hey presto (BrE) (AmE presto) people sometimes say hey presto when they have just done sth so quickly and easily that it seems to have been done by magic:
You just press the button and, hey presto, a perfect cup of coffee!
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for hey is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
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