Oi
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oi¹
- /ɔɪ/ UK
Rhymes with -ɔɪ
Where it comes from
Variant of the interjection hoy with h-dropping in working class and Cockney speech; first recorded in the 1930s. Compare also unrelated Portuguese oi and Japanese おい (oi).
interjection
- Said to get someone's attention; hey. Oi, you with the red hat – what do you think you're doing?
- An expression of surprise. Oi! This is new!
- An informal greeting, similar to hi. Oi! How's it going?
noun ois
- An exclamation of 'oi'. Such is the vocal power of water bailiffs and farmers that their ‘Ois!’ can be projected at small boys from anything up to five miles away and still induce heart-failure.
- A working-class punk rock subgenre of the 1970s, sometimes associated with racism. A way for Oi musicians to avoid responsibility for acts of violence that were preceded by listening to Oi is the claim that what people do with their music is out of the control of the musicians themselves.
oi²
- /ɔɪ/ UK
Rhymes with -ɔɪ
Where it comes from
Variant of oy, from Yiddish.
interjection
- Alternative spelling of oy.oy
oi³
- /ɔɪ/ UK
Rhymes with -ɔɪ
pronoun
- Eye dialect of I Why, where be oi, and what be oi a doin’, / A sleepin’ out, just when the dews du rise?
oi⁴
- /ɔɪ/ UK
Rhymes with -ɔɪ
Where it comes from
Borrowed from oyez, 2nd person plural imperative of the verb oir (“to listen”), as used as an interjection in duplicated form “Oyez, oyez” by public speakers of medieval times to draw attention before a public address; see oi oi.
interjection
- Alternative spelling of oy.oy
Oi⁵
- /ɔɪ/ UK
Sounds like oy · Rhymes with -ɔɪ
pronoun
- Pronunciation spelling of I.I
OI⁶
noun OIs
- Initialism of opportunistic infection.opportunistic infection
- Initialism of osteogenesis imperfecta.osteogenesis imperfecta
- Initialism of orbital index
- Abbreviation of object of interest.object of interest
