How do native speakers pronounce "hey" in English?

In natural English speech, "hey" appears in contexts such as: "from "Water for Elephants." Hey. Thank you. Thank you.". Listen to the exact timestamped clip in the accompanying video with synchronized subtitles.

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Our pronunciation database found 50 conversational video occurrences of "hey" with real-time synchronized transcripts and sentence context.

How to pronounce“hey”in English

IPA/heɪ/

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from "Water for Elephants."

Hey.

Thank you. Thank you.

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Definitions of “hey”

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interjection

An exclamation to get attention.

“Hey, look at this!”

Synonyms:oi

interjection

A protest or reprimand.

“Hey! Stop that!”

verb

To greet with a "hey"

noun

A choreographic figure in which three or more dancers weave between one another, passing by left and right shoulder alternately.

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