 3 definitions found
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
interjection
noun
1: an abrupt emphatic exclamation expressing emotion [syn: {ejaculation}]
2: the action of interjecting or interposing an action or
remark that interrupts [syn: {interposition}, {interpolation},
{interpellation}]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Interjection \In'ter*jec"tion\, noun [L. interjectio: cf. F.
interjection. See {Interject}.]
1. The act of interjecting or 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.
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
116 Moby Thesaurus words for "interjection":
Parthian shot, address, adjectival, adjective, adverb, adverbial,
adversative conjunction, affirmation, allegation, answer,
apostrophe, aside, assertion, attributive, averment, comment,
conjunction, conjunctive adverb, coordinating conjunction,
copulative, copulative conjunction, correlative conjunction, crack,
cry, declaration, dictum, disjunctive, disjunctive conjunction,
ejaculation, embedment, encroachment, entrance, entrenchment,
episode, exclamation, exclamatory noun, expression, form class,
form word, function class, gerundive, graft, grafting, greeting,
impaction, impactment, impingement, implantation, imposition,
incursion, infiltration, infix, infixion, influx, infringement,
infusion, injection, inoculation, inroad, insert, insertion,
insinuation, intercalation, interference, interlineation,
interlocution, interloping, interpolation, interposition,
interposure, interruption, intervention, introduction,
intromission, intrusion, invasion, irruption, mention, note,
obiter dictum, observation, obtrusion, parenthesis, part of speech,
participle, particle, past participle, penetration,
perfect participle, perfusion, phrase, position, preposition,
present participle, pronouncement, question, reflection, remark,
say, saying, sentence, side remark, statement, subjoinder,
subordinating conjunction, tessellation, thought, tossing-in,
transplant, transplantation, trespass, trespassing, unlawful entry,
utterance, verbal adjective, word
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