interject
/ˌɪntəˈdʒɛkt
/verb [with object]
Say (something) abruptly, especially as an aside or interruption: she interjected the odd question here and there [no object]: Christina felt bound to interject before there was open warfare...
- She rather amusingly shoved her shorter husband aside from the mike whenever she wanted to interject a point.
- Well, if the member had not interjected by making that comment I most certainly would have interrupted.
- Anyway, interjects North, you are legally married after a certain time together, aren't you?
Synonyms
interpose, introduce, throw in, insert, interpolate, add
interrupt, intervene, cut in, break in, butt in, chime in;
have one's say, put one's oar in;
remark, comment
British informal chip in, put one's pennyworth in
North American informal put one's two cents in
Derivatives
interjectory
Origin
Late 16th century: from Latin interject- 'interposed', from the verb interjicere, from inter- 'between' + jacere 'to throw'.
Rhymes
- Southaven
- south-away
- South Bank
- South Bend
- South Boston
- southbound
- south by east (or west)
- South Canadian River
- South Carolina
- South Carolinian
- south central
- Southcottian
- south country
- South Dakota
- South Dakotan
- South Devon
- Southdown
- south-east
- South East Asia
- South East Asia Treaty Organization
- southeaster
- south-easterly
- south-eastern
- southeasterner
- south-easternmost