"doy" meaning in English

See doy in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Interjection

IPA: /dɔɪ/
Rhymes: -ɔɪ Etymology: Unknown. Possibly related to doylem (“a stupid person; an idiot”). Etymology templates: {{unk|en}} Unknown, {{m|en|doylem|t=a stupid person; an idiot}} doylem (“a stupid person; an idiot”) Head templates: {{en-interj}} doy
  1. Disdainful indication that something is obvious; see duh. Synonyms: obviously, duh, no duh, no shit, no shit, Sherlock, you don't say, no kidding
    Sense id: en-doy-en-intj-mdh7zMET Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /dɔɪ/ Forms: doys [plural]
Rhymes: -ɔɪ Etymology: Possibly an alteration of joy. Etymology templates: {{m|en|joy}} joy Head templates: {{en-noun}} doy (plural doys)
  1. (Yorkshire, dialectal, endearing) A term of address to a young child. Tags: Yorkshire, dialectal, endearing
    Sense id: en-doy-en-noun-rao-rlVd Categories (other): Yorkshire English
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for doy meaning in English (2.9kB)

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