Associations to the word «Interjection»

Wiktionary

INTERJECTION, noun. (grammar) An exclamation or filled pause; a word or phrase with no particular grammatical relation to a sentence, often an expression of emotion.
INTERJECTION, noun. An interruption; something interjected

Dictionary definition

INTERJECTION, noun. An abrupt emphatic exclamation expressing emotion.
INTERJECTION, noun. The action of interjecting or interposing an action or remark that interrupts.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats