INTERJECTION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does interjection mean? 

• INTERJECTION (noun)
  The noun INTERJECTION has 2 senses:

1. an abrupt emphatic exclamation expressing emotion

2. the action of interjecting or interposing an action or remark that interrupts

  Familiarity information: INTERJECTION used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• INTERJECTION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An abrupt emphatic exclamation expressing emotion

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

ejaculation; interjection

Hypernyms ("interjection" is a kind of...):

exclaiming; exclamation (an abrupt excited utterance)

Derivation:

interject (to insert between other elements)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The action of interjecting or interposing an action or remark that interrupts

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

interjection; interpellation; interpolation; interposition

Hypernyms ("interjection" is a kind of...):

break; disruption; gap; interruption (an act of delaying or interrupting the continuity)

Derivation:

interject (to insert between other elements)

 Context examples 

Inspector Gregory was full of his case, and poured out a stream of remarks, while Holmes threw in an occasional question or interjection.

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

The staring of Mrs. Markleham during the whole narration, and the shrill, sharp interjections with which she occasionally interrupted it, defy description.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

But this interjection appeared to him so absurd that he was at a loss how to deal with it.

(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

“Ba—a—ah!” said my aunt, with a perfect shake on the contemptuous interjection.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)