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  1. 1. n. The act of interjecting or throwing between; also, that which is interjected. Source: opted
  2. 2. n. A word or word/form">form of speech thrown in to express emotion or feeling, as O! Alas! Ha ha! Begone! etc. Compare Exclamation. Source: opted
  3. 3. n. an abrupt emphatic exclamation expressing emotion Source: wordnet
  4. 4. n. the action of interjecting or interposing an action or remark that interrupts Source: wordnet
  5. 5. 1. The act of word/interjecting">interjecting or word/throwing">throwing between; also, that which is interjected. The interjection of laughing. Bacon. 2. (Gram.) A word or form of speech thrown in to express emotion or feeling, as O! Alas! Ha ha! Begone! etc. Compare Exclamation. An interjection implies a meaning which it would require a whole grammatical sentence to expound, and it may be regarded as the rudiment of such a sentence. But it is a confusion of thought to rank it among the parts of speech. Earle. How now! interjections Why, then, some be of laughing, as, ah, ha, he! Shak. Source: webster
  6. 6. A word or word/form">form of speech thrown in to express emotion orfeeling, as O! Alas! Ha ha! Begone! etc. Compare Exclamation.An interjection implies a meaning which it would require a wholegrammatical sentence to expound, and it may be regarded as therudiment of such a sentence. But it is a confusion of thought to rankit among the parts of speech. Earle.How now! interjections Why, then, some be of laughing, as, ah, ha,he! Shak. Source: adambom
  7. 7. n:100 n. the action of interjecting or interposing an action or remark that interrupts Source: ecdict

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