oi

About 2.40 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. interjection Said to get someone's attention; hey.

   Oi, you with the red hat – what do you think you're doing?

2. interjection An expression of surprise.

   Oi! This is new!

3. interjection An informal greeting, similar to hi.

   Oi! How's it going?

4. noun An exclamation of 'oi'.
5. noun A working-class punk rock subgenre of the 1970s, sometimes associated with racism.
6. interjection Alternative spelling of oy.
7. pronoun Eye dialect of I
8. interjection Alternative spelling of oy.

Similar words

say isb hey oy yo eh ahoy hello hi ho

Often followed by

the a and this his is in their these