INTERJECT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does interject mean? 

• INTERJECT (verb)
  The verb INTERJECT has 1 sense:

1. to insert between other elements

  Familiarity information: INTERJECT used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• INTERJECT (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they interject    ... he / she / it interjects   
Past simple: interjected   
Past participle: interjected   
-ing form: interjecting   

Sense 1

Meaning:

To insert between other elements

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Synonyms:

come in; inject; interject; interpose; put in; throw in

Context example:

She interjected clever remarks

Hypernyms (to "interject" is one way to...):

break up; cut off; disrupt; interrupt (make a break in)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE

Derivation:

interjection (the action of interjecting or interposing an action or remark that interrupts)

interjection (an abrupt emphatic exclamation expressing emotion)

 Context examples 

"He can't steal her on me that way," the other interjected.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

“And the highest, finest, right conduct,” I interjected, “is that act which benefits at the same time the man, his children, and his race.”

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

“One horse?” interjected Holmes.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

"Don't be silly," Theresa interjected.

(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)

"No, indeed!" I interjected.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)