hoik

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English

Alternative forms

Etymology

Possibly originally a form of hike (itself of unclear etymology).[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

hoik (countable and uncountable, plural hoiks)

  1. (cricket, countable) A wild hook shot played without style.
  2. (New Zealand) Sputum.

Verb

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

  1. (cricket) To play such a shot.
  2. (informal, transitive) To lift (a heavy object) carelessly; hoist.
  3. (informal, transitive) 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.

References

  1. ^ “hoick, v.1.”, in OED Online Paid subscription required⁠, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, 28 July 2019.

Anagrams

Ludian

Etymology

Akin to Finnish hoikka.

Adjective

hoik

  1. thin

Veps

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) Related to Finnish hoikka.

Adjective

hoik

  1. thin
  2. slim, slender
  3. high (of the voice)

Inflection

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Derived terms

References

  • Zajceva, N. G., Mullonen, M. I. (2007) “слабый, тонкий”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ [New Russian–Veps Dictionary]‎[1], Petrozavodsk: Periodika
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