Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- interjection Used as a greeting or to attract someone's attention.
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- interjection UK, Australia Said to get someone's attention.
- noun UK, sometimes capitalized A
working-class punk rock subgenre of the 1970s, sometimes associated withracism .
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Examples
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He was in great favour with Ring James VI. and raised by him to the peerage by the title oi Lord D married Sir James Wemys, of that ilk*
Collins's Peerage of England; Genealogical, Biographical, and Historical Arthur Collins , Egerton Brydges 1812
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For these services he was raised to the Irish peerage by the title oi Lord Aukla? id, November ISth, 17S9.
Collins's peerage of England; genealogical, biographical, and historical 1812
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He always looked on the title oi preceptor as honourable; and delighted so much in that profefsion formerly so highly esteemedf t See Plutarch'j life of ThcKw and the 7th Satire of Juvenal.
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Whatever may be Homer's originality, Virgil (fee p. 1 1 3.) * certa»nly does not deferve the title oi robber 5 nor how - ever whimfical and full of 'reveries' Father Hardouin may have teen, is he to Be charged with ignorance.
The Monthly Review 1785
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The provisions of this act shall not be construed Pledges of V ..,.,,. securities as to invalidate or in any manner impair the title oi any cor - collateral to poration to any securities which have been or may be held by it in pledge or as security for a loan or indebtedness; and the same shall be held for the purposes for which they were pledged; and nothing herein contained shall require any such corporation to change any of its investments made before the first day of October in the year eighteen hundred and seventy-six.
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He was in great favour with King James VI. and raised by him to the [eerage by the title oi Lord Do-um in 15S1.
Collins's peerage of England; genealogical, biographical, and historical 1812
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So while Brown may not have had the best positions on some of the issues, he was the one who could spin oi into something that people supported.
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Lieut. - Colonel Fulk Greville Upton (brother to Viscount Temple - town), who has taken the name oi Howard.
Collins's peerage of England; genealogical, biographical, and historical 1812
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Hence granites carry the just title oi primitive mounfains; while those of slate and calcareous stone, are qualified with that of secondary mountains.
A View of Nature: In Letters to a Traveller Among the Alps 1794
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Many who would be ftartled at a prophane, or even an idle amufement, think that the name oi Jacred mufic fanftifies the diver - lion.
Thoughts on the Importance of the Manners of the Great to General Society 1789
chained_bear commented on the word oi
"Oogie oogie oogie!"
November 13, 2007
treeseed commented on the word oi
Oi, pronounced /ˈɔɪ/, is a British / Welsh, Irish, Australian slang interjection used to get someone's attention, or to express surprise or disapproval. The American English equivalent is the interjection "hey".
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See Also Oi! is a working class street-level subgenre of punk rock that originated in the United Kingdom in the late 1970s
February 3, 2008