interject
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- Scrabble points
- 18
- Words With Friends
- 22
- Letters
- 9
/ɪn.təˈdʒɛkt/(UK)
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/ɪn.təˈdʒɛkt/(UK) · /ɪn.tɚˈd͡ʒɛkt/(US)
Definition of interject
3 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included
verb
- (transitive)To insert something between other things.
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verb
- (transitive)To insert something between other things.
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(transitive)To say as an interruption or aside.
“He roared with prodigious violence against George the Second. When he ceased, Moody interjected, in an Irish tone, and with a comick look, “Ah! poor George the Second.””
“‘Please, sir, Richard says one of the horses has got a very bad cold, and he thinks, sir, if you could make it convenient to go the day after to-morrow, instead of to-morrow, he could physic it to-day, so as—’ ‘Confound his impudence!’ interjected the master.”
“As I listened I interjected an occasional sentence of Japanese translation for our guests.”
“Virenque, in a panicky mishearing, replied, “Me a dealer? No, I am not a dealer.” […] Whereupon Virenque’s lawyer interjected, “No, Richard, the judge said leader. It’s not an offense to be a leader.””
- (intransitive)To interpose oneself; to intervene.
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
From Latin interiectus, perfect passive participle of intericiō (“place between”).
Words you can make from interject
119 playable · top: REINJECT (17 pts)
Best play reinject 17 points8-letter words
1 word7-letter words
6 words6-letter words
22 words5-letter words
26 words- EJECT 14 pts
- EEJIT 12 pts
- CITER 7 pts
- ERECT 7 pts
- NICER 7 pts
- NIECE 7 pts
- RECIT 7 pts
- RECTI 7 pts
- TERCE 7 pts
- TINCT 7 pts
- TRICE 7 pts
- ENTER 5 pts
- INERT 5 pts
- INTER 5 pts
- NITER 5 pts
- NITRE 5 pts
- RENTE 5 pts
- RETIE 5 pts
- TENET 5 pts
- TERNE 5 pts
- TETRI 5 pts
- TITER 5 pts
- TITRE 5 pts
- TREEN 5 pts
- TRINE 5 pts
- TRITE 5 pts
4-letter words
30 words- JEER 11 pts
- JETE 11 pts
- CENT 6 pts
- CERE 6 pts
- CERT 6 pts
- CETE 6 pts
- CINE 6 pts
- CIRE 6 pts
- CITE 6 pts
- CRIT 6 pts
- ETIC 6 pts
- NICE 6 pts
- RICE 6 pts
- ERNE 4 pts
- NETT 4 pts
- NITE 4 pts
- REIN 4 pts
- RENT 4 pts
- RETE 4 pts
- RITE 4 pts
- TEEN 4 pts
- TEIN 4 pts
- TENT 4 pts
- TERN 4 pts
- TIER 4 pts
- TINE 4 pts
- TINT 4 pts
- TIRE 4 pts
- TREE 4 pts
- TRET 4 pts
3-letter words
24 words2-letter words
9 wordsHooks
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