hiya, int.
(ˈhaɪjə)
Also hi-ya, hiyah.
[App. shortened from how are you? and influenced by hi int. 2.]
A word of greeting.
| 1940 ‘N. Blake’ Malice in Wonderland i. ii. 31 ‘Hi-ya, boys and girls,’ he cried. ‘Hi-ya, Teddy,’ the cry went back. 1940 R. Chandler Farewell, My Lovely xxxix. 309 Hiya, babe. Long time no see. 1946 P. Quentin Puzzle for Fiends (1947) 190 ‘Hiyah, baby,’ I said. 1959 Elizabethan May 35/1 Robin Fawcett turned the grin on Friday and me and said ‘Hi-ya’. |