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ой — meaning in English

oy

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English meaning

  • hey interjection An informal way to greet someone or get their attention.
  • OH intj Used to express surprise, realization, understanding, or emotion.
  • oops intj Used to acknowledge a small mistake or accident.
  • ouch intj Used to express sudden physical pain.
  • yikes intj An exclamation of shock, alarm, or dismay.

Senses

ой is used for these senses in English:

  • th (mathematics) Used to form a term denoting the ordinal numeral corresponding to the value, being a natural number, of a mathematical expression.
  • hey An expression of surprise.
  • oh Expression of surprise.
  • oops (colloquial) Acknowledging a mistake.
  • ouch An expression of one's own physical pain.
  • yikes Expression of empathy with unpleasant or undesirable circumstances.

hey — full definition

  1. interjection An informal way to greet someone or get their attention.
  2. interjection Used to express surprise, protest, or mild reprimand.

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