Oi vs Hay - What's the difference?
oi | hay |
Said to get someone's attention; hey.
A protest or reprimand.
An expression of surprise.
An informal greeting, similar to hi.
(UK, sometimes, capitalized) A working-class punk rock subgenre of the 1970s, sometimes associated with racism.
* 1997 , David Schwarz, Listening subjects: music, psychoanalysis, culture
(uncountable) Grass cut and dried for use as animal fodder.
* Camden
* C. L. Flint
(countable) Any mix of green leafy plants used for fodder.
(slang) Cannabis; marijuana.
* 1947 , William Burroughs, letter, 19 Feb 1947:
A net set around the haunt of an animal, especially a rabbit.
(obsolete) A hedge.
(obsolete) A circular country dance.
To cut grasses or herb plants for use as animal fodder.
To lay snares for rabbits.
As a pronoun oi
is : (to) you (plural).As a noun hay is
(uncountable) grass cut and dried for use as animal fodder or hay can be the name of the letter for the h sound in pitman shorthand.As a verb hay is
to cut grasses or herb plants for use as animal fodder.oi
English
Alternative forms
* oyInterjection
(en-interj)?- Oi , you with the red hat – stop doing that!
- Oi ! Stop that!
- Oi ! This is new!
- Oi ! How's it going?
Usage notes
*Coincidentally same as ; a false cognate.Synonyms
* hey, yoDerived terms
* oi oiNoun
(-)- 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.
Anagrams
* English two-letter words ----hay
English
Etymology 1
(etyl) (m), from (etyl) . More at (l).Noun
- Make hay while the sun shines.
- Hay may be dried too much as well as too little.
- I would like some of that hay . Enclose $20.
- (Rowe)
- to dance the hay
Derived terms
* hay fever * hayloft, hay loft * haystack * hayward * hit the hay * make hay while the sun shinesExternal links
* (wikipedia)Verb
(en verb)- (Huloet)
References
Webster's Online Dictionary article on hay