What is "hey"

Hey \Hey\, a. [See High.] High. [Obs.]
--Chaucer.

Hey \Hey\, interj. [OE. hei; cf. D. & G. hei.]

1. An exclamation of joy, surprise, or encouragement.
   --Shak.

2. A cry to set dogs on.
   --Shak.

c.1200, implying challenge, rebuttal, anger, derision; variously spelled in Middle English hei, hai, ai, he, heh. Later in Middle English expressing sorrow, or concern; also a shout of encouragement to hunting dogs. Possibly a natural expression (compare Roman eho, Greek eia, German hei, Old French hay, French eh).\n\nÞa onswerede þe an swiðe prudeliche, `Hei! hwuch wis read of se icudd keiser!'

["St. Katherine of Alexandria," c.1200]

interj. 1 An exclamation to get attention. 2 A protest or reprimand. 3 An expression of surprise. 4 (context US Australia UK Canada English) An informal greeting, similar to hi. 5 A request for repetition or explanation; an expression of confusion (see also eh, huh). 6 A meaningless beat marker or extra, filler syllable in song lyrics. n. (context country dancing English) A choreographic figure in which the dancers weave between one another.

Hey or Hey! may refer to:

Hey is a Polish rock band founded in Szczecin in 1991 by guitarist Piotr Banach and lead singer Kasia Nosowska. It is one of the most popular Polish music acts of the 1990s.

Although Hey sometimes described themselves as the first Polish grunge band, their melodic, guitar-driven rock and eclectic appearance owed more to new wave and heavy metal influences; their first three albums contained songs in both Polish and English. During the band's mid-1990s heyday, they sold out stadiums throughout Poland, and attempted to break into the English-language market with a series of concerts overseas and an English version of their 1995 album ?. When this failed to arouse interest, the band began to write in Polish only, and gradually adopted a harder-edged, more industrial-influenced sound. Overall, the band has sold over 2.2 million album copies.

In addition, Nosowska has also enjoyed a successful career as a solo artist. She has released six solo albums that derive more from an electronica style.

"Hey" is a cover song by American singer Mitchel Musso, originally sung by Gillmor, and second single from his debut album, Mitchel Musso. The song premiered on Radio Disney on May 15, 2009. A music video for the song premiered on Disney Channel the same day, May 15. It is also the singer's most successful song on both the Canadian and American charts.

"Hey" is a single by Lil Jon featuring 3OH!3. It is featured on Lil Jon's 2010 album, Crunk Rock and was released as the second official single. It was also featured on the Jersey Shore soundtrack.

Hey is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:

• Dale Hey (1947–2012), Canadian-born American professional wrestler better known as Buddy Roberts
• Donald Holroyde Hey (1904-1987), British organic chemist
• Jerry Hey, American musician
• Jonathan Hey (born 1979), information scientist
• Tony Hey (born 1946), British computer scientist
• Vic Hey (1912–1995), Australian rugby league football player
• Virginia Hey (born 1962), Australian actress
• William Hey (surgeon) (1736–1819), English surgeon

Hey is the label debut EP by American rapper/producer Le1f, released on March 11, 2014 on the Terrible Records. The EP also marks the first official hip hop release for Terrible Records, aside from Solange's 2013 single "Looks Good with Trouble" that featured Kendrick Lamar.

Hey is an interjection usually used in the English language as a summonsing or attention-getting device. It is usually marked with an exclamation point. It is also one example of an interjection that speakers may use to express surprise. Some, such as the American grammarian Goold Brown, have suggested that the interjection "Hey" could be a corruption of the adjective "Sigh".

It is also used as an informal greeting, similar to hi.

Hey!!! is FLOW's twenty second single. Its A-Side was used as the third opening theme song for the anime Beelzebub (manga). The single has two editions: regular and limited. The limited edition comes with a bonus DVD that contains extra footage. It reached #23 on the Oricon charts and charted for 2 weeks. *

Hey is the second studio album by German recording artist Andreas Bourani. Produced by Bourani along with Julius Hartog, Peter "Jem" Seifert, Philipp Steinke and several other musicians, it was released by Vertigo Berlin on May 9, 2014 in German-speaking Europe. Boosted by the number one success of its leading single " Auf uns", it reached the top ten of the German Albums Chart.

"Hey" is a song by German recording artist Andreas Bourani. It was written by Bourani, Julius Hartog, Jasmin Shakeri, and Philipp Steinke for his second album Hey (2014), while production was helmed by the latter. The ballad was released as the album's fourth and final single. It reached the top thirty in Germany and the forty on the Swiss Singles Chart upon its December 2015 release. A live cover version of "Hey", sung by pop singer Yvonne Catterfeld during her performance on the second season of reality television series Sing meinen Song – Das Tauschkonzert, the German version of the The Best Singers series, had previously reached the top twenty on the German Singles Chart.