interjection

Noun[change]

An interjection is a word that shows an emotion. It is not grammatically part of the sentence.

The word Yikes is an interjection in the phrase "Yikes, what a scare."

Grammar (edit)
parts of speech	noun - verb - adjective - adnoun - adverb - determinative/determiner - article - participle - pronoun - conjunction - preposition - interjection
grammatical functions	head - subject - predicate - object - complement - modifier - adjunct - determiner/specifier
clauses	independent clause - dependent clause - subordinate clause - relative clause