Interjection (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

noun
  1. the act of interjecting.
  2. something interjected, as a remark.
  3. the utterance of a word or phrase expressive of emotion; the uttering of an exclamation.
  4. Grammar.
    • any member of a class of words expressing emotion, distinguished in most languages by their use in grammatical isolation, as Hey! Oh! Ouch! Ugh!
    • any other word or expression so used, as Good grief! Indeed!
noun
  1. a word or remark expressing emotion; exclamation
  2. the act of interjecting
  3. a word or phrase that is characteristically used in syntactic isolation and that usually expresses sudden emotion; expletive
Interjection (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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