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oy

interjectioninterjectionattested in dialogue

  • //ɔɪ//

An exclamation typically expressing mild frustration or expressing feelings of uncertainty or concern.

interjection

  1. 1

    An exclamation typically expressing mild frustration or expressing feelings of uncertainty or concern.

Etymology

Borrowed from Yiddish אוי (oy, “oh, oy”).

interjection

  1. 1

    Variant of oiAlternative spelling of oi (“hey, hi, yo”).

    Tommo (to Shayne) Oy, get the fuck out of my bag!

Etymology

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

The neighbouring pagesAlphabetical order follows the rules of the language, not byte values: an accent decides only between two otherwise identical words, and Spanish files Ñ as a letter of its own.

Lexical content from Wiktionary, under CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source entry · Data version 2026-08-23

Rank among the words of the OpenSubtitles 2018 corpus — film and television subtitles, so spoken rather than written usage (CC BY-SA 3.0).