Oik vs Oink - What's the difference?
oik | oink |
(slang, British) a member of the lower classes.
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Representing the sound made by a pig.
Drawing attention to male chauvinism (from the term male chauvinist pig ).
* 1982 , Sandy Asher, Just like Jenny?
* 2003 , Robert N. Mansfield, Randy Maas, The Assassin: Attack on America
* 2005 , Alinka Zyrmont, Forbidden Passion
The sound made by a pig, or an imitation thereof.
Of a pig or in imitation thereof, to make its characteristic sound.
As nouns the difference between oik and oink
is that oik is a member of the lower classes while oink is the sound made by a pig, or an imitation thereof.As an interjection oink is
representing the sound made by a pig.As a verb oink is
of a pig or in imitation thereof, to make its characteristic sound.oik
English
Noun
(en noun)- The other three were gifted metal oiks , but Cliff was a musician, schooled in theory, transmitting from a private universe of inspiration and expertise.
Derived terms
* oikishAnagrams
*References
oink
English
Interjection
(en interjection)- Mom swallowed a spoonful of pudding and looked Daddy straight in the eye. "Oink , oink," she said, to let him know he was being a male chauvinist pig.
- "The tub is too small!" "Then, I'll go first and you'll have to wait!" "Chauvinist pig!" "Oink , oink!"
- You are such a male chauvinist oink , oink. You think that you are the only one who can drive a car or fly an airplane.
Noun
(en noun)- The protesters replied to the police officers' demands with a chorus of oinks .
Synonyms
* gruntVerb
(en verb)- The hogs oinked happily in their pen as the farmer poured slop in their feeding trough.