hoy

See also: Hoy, HOY, and høy

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hɔɪ/

• Audio (Southern England)

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• Rhymes: -ɔɪ

Etymology 1

Borrowed from German Heu or Dutch gooi.

Noun

hoy (plural hoys)

1. (nautical) A small coaster vessel, usually sloop-rigged, used in conveying passengers and goods, or as a tender to larger vessels in port.
   • 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Qveene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for VVilliam Ponsonbie, OCLC 960102938, book II, canto X:

     He sent to Germanie, straunge aid to reare, / From whence eftsoones arriued here three hoyes / Of Saxons, whom he for his safetie imployes.

   • July 1779, William Cowper, letter to the Rev. William Unwin

     The hoy went to London every week.

Derived terms

• powder hoy

Translations

small coaster vessel

• Dutch: heude (nl) f
• French: heu (fr) m

• Italian: hoy m

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Dutch hoi, compare ahoy.

Interjection

hoy

1. Ho!, hallo!, stop!

Verb

hoy (third-person singular simple present hoys, present participle hoying, simple past and past participle hoyed)

1. (transitive) To incite; to drive onward.

Etymology 3

Perhaps related to hoick and hoist.

Verb

hoy (third-person singular simple present hoys, present participle hoying or hoyin, simple past and past participle hoyed)

1. (Northumbria, Australia) To throw.

References

• “hoy” in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• Todd's Geordie Words and Phrases, George Todd, Newcastle, 1977[1]
• Frank Graham (1987) The New Geordie Dictionary, →ISBN
• Newcastle 1970s, Scott Dobson and Dick Irwin, [2]
• Northumberland Words, English Dialect Society, R. Oliver Heslop, 1893–4
• A List of words and phrases in everyday use by the natives of Hetton-le-Hole in the County of Durham, F.M.T.Palgrave, English Dialect Society vol.74, 1896, [3]
• A Dictionary of North East Dialect, Bill Griffiths, 2005, Northumbria University Press, →ISBN

Anagrams

• hyo-

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Gutnish

Etymology

From Old Norse hey, from Proto-Germanic *hawją

Noun

hoy n

1. hay

Derived terms

• hoytjauk (“haystack”)

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Italian

Noun

hoy m (invariable)

1. (nautical) hoy (small coaster vessel)

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Scots

Verb

hoy (third-person singular simple present hoy, present participle hoyin, simple past hoyed, past participle hoyed)

1. (South Scots) to throw

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Spanish

Etymology

From Old Spanish oy, from Vulgar Latin *oie, from Latin hodiē. Compare Portuguese hoje, Italian oggi, hui in French aujourd'hui.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈoi/, [ˈoi̯]

• Audio (Colombia)

  (file)

• Rhymes: -oi

Adverb

hoy

1. today

   Synonym: hoy día

Derived terms

• a día de hoy
• dejarlo por hoy (“to call it a day”)
• es para hoy
• hoy día
• hoy en día
• hoy por hoy
• hoy por ti, mañana por mí
• pan para hoy, hambre para mañana
• porque hoy es hoy
• terminar por hoy (“to call it a day”)

 

Further reading

• “hoy”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
• “hoy” in Lexico, Oxford University Press.

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Tagalog

Alternative forms

• huy

Etymology

Probably a natural expression, as may be inferred from its presence with similar meaning in many other unrelated languages: English hey, Mandarin 哎 (āi), Latin eia, and Czech ahoj.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hoi/, [hoɪ̯]

Interjection

hoy

1. (colloquial, informal) expression used to call the attention of somebody: hey!

   Synonym: huy

   Hoy! Gumising na kayong lahat dyan!

   Hey! Wake up all of you there!

2. (colloquial, informal) expression used as a warning or as a protest: hey!

   Synonym: huy

   Hoy! Hindi ako ang kumuha ng pera mo!

   Hey! I didn't take your money!

Usage notes

• The expression hoy can be perceived as disrespectful in some contexts, especially with one's seniors or superiors. Reactions may be heard such as:

  Huwag mo akong hoy-hoyin! ― Don't call me 'hoy'!

Related terms

• uy
• oy