oi
An exclamation of 'oi'An exclamation of 'oi'.
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» Oi, what are you looking at?
Агов, на що це ти дивишся? — deniko
Гей, на що це ти дивишся? — deniko
deniko · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FRMeaning
2 senses(Commonwealth, Hong Kong, Ireland, UK, countable, impolite, usually)An exclamation of 'oi'.
(Commonwealth, Hong Kong, Ireland, UK, capitalized, impolite, sometimes, uncountable, usually)A working-class punk rock subgenre of the 1970s, sometimes associated with racism.
Examples
18 sentencesOi, what are you looking at?
Агов, на що це ти дивишся? — deniko
Oi, you lot, come over here and help me with the cleaning.
Гей, ви, підійдіть сюди й допоможіть мені з прибиранням. — deniko · CC BY 2.0 FR
"Oi," I said, nudging him with my knee, "don't fall asleep."
de„Du“, sagte ich und gab ihm einen kleinen Stoß mit dem Knie, „schlaf nicht ein!“ — al_ex_an_der
Oi, sleepyhead, wake up!
deEh, Schlafmütze, aufwachen! — Espi
Oi, daydreamer, wakey wakey!
deEh, Schlafmütze, aufwachen! — Espi
Origin
Variant of the interjection hoy with h-dropping in working class and Cockney speech; firstVariant 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).
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Forms
plural: oisLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.