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interjection

A small word used without grammatical connection, to represent: 1. a feeling, such as aargh, oh, aww, hey, etc.; 2. a padding word for a sentence, such as y'know, like, umm, hang on, etc. 3. a word representing a whole sentence, clause or idea, such as hello, goodbye, etc.

{L. interjectus throw between}


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