hoik

English

Noun

hoik (plural hoiks)

1. (cricket) a wild hook shot played without style
2. (New Zealand) spittle.

Verb

hoik (third-person singular simple present hoiks, present participle hoiking, simple past and past participle hoiked)

1. To play such a shot.
2. To lift something up wildly.
3. To throw something out.
   • 1960, P. G. Wodehouse, Jeeves in the Offing, chapter VIII:

     “What are your plans now?” “I propose to hoik you out of that chair and seat myself in it and take that book, the early chapters of which I found most gripping, and start catching up with my reading and try to forget.”

4. (New Zealand) to spit.