okie
US/ˈoʊ.ki/
okie is the alternative form of OK.
Meaning of OK
Interjection
- Used to indicate acknowledgement or acceptance.
- I promise to give it back. – OK.
- Used to dismiss a dialog box or confirm a prompt.
- Used to introduce a sentence in order to draw attention to the importance of what is being said.
- OK, I'm thinking of a number…
- Used in turn-taking, serving as a request to the speaker to grant the turn to the interrupter.
- You always do this to me! When we were at your mother’s, you said that… – OK, OK, …
- Used to sarcastically or sardonically indicate agreement with the previous statement.
Noun capitalized: Okie
Okie (plural Okies)
- A person from Oklahoma.
- Will Rogers is considered a famous Okie.
- [I]n the towns, the storekeepers hated them because they had no money to spend. There is no shorter path to a storekeeper’s contempt, and all his admirations are exactly opposite. The town men, little bankers, hated Okies because there was nothing to gain from them.1939 April 14, John Steinbeck, chapter 19, in The Grapes of Wrath, New York, N.Y.: The Viking Press, →OCLC, page 242
Synonyms of okie
Forms of okie
| plural | Okies |
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Origin of okie
Influenced by -ie.
Shortening of Oklahoma, + -ie.
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