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interject verb [ ˌɪntəˈdʒɛkt ]

• say (something) abruptly, especially as an aside or interruption.
• "she interjected the odd question here and there"
Similar: interpose, introduce, throw in, insert, interpolate, add, interrupt, intervene, cut in, break in, butt in, chime in, chip in, have one's say, put one's oar in, remark, comment, put one's pennyworth in, put one's two cents in,
Origin: late 16th century: from Latin interject- ‘interposed’, from the verb interjicere, from inter- ‘between’ + jacere ‘to throw’.


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