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doy

/dɔɪ/

doy interjection: disdainful indication that something is obvious; see duh.

Interjection

  1. Disdainful indication that something is obvious; see duh.
    • —Wow, he looks pretty angry. —Doy!
    • Uh, doy!2015 March 6, “Kimmy Has a Birthday!”, in Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, season 1, episode 9, spoken by Kimmy Schmidt (Ellie Kemper)

Noun

doy (plural doys)

  1. (Yorkshire, dialectal, endearing) A term of address to a young child.
    • Whear is thi' Daddy doy? Whear is thi' mam? / What are ta cryin for, poor little lamb?1872, John Hartley, “A Hawpoth”, in Yorkshire Ditties: Second Series, Wakefield, West Yorkshire: William Nicholson & Sons, page 112
    • […] an' then as aw caught seet o'th' three little doys 'at wor crooidled up i'th' winder corner, tryin' to keep warm, ther little nooases lukkin like three half-ripe cherries wi' a drop o' dew glistenin' on 'em, aw thowt, better net just yet for their sake.1886, “Sweep! oh! Sweep!”, in Yorkshire Tales: First Series, London: W. Nicholson and Sons, page 30

Proper noun capitalized: Doy

Doy

  1. A surname.

Synonyms of doy

Forms of doy

pluraldoys

Origin of doy

Unknown. Possibly related to doylem (“a stupid person; an idiot”).

Possibly an alteration of joy.

Phrases with doy

Words that rhyme with doy

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Questions about doy

What does doy mean?
Doy means disdainful indication that something is obvious; see duh.
What part of speech is doy?
Doy can be an interjection, a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce doy?
Doy is pronounced /dɔɪ/.

Words near doy in the dictionary

  1. doxycyclines
  2. doxylamine
  3. doxylamine succinate
  4. DoxyPEP
  5. doxyrubicin
  6. doy
  7. Doyal
  8. Doyals
  9. Doyalson
  10. Doyalson North
  11. Doyang

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