hoik
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See also: họ̃́ik
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
Possibly originally a form of hike (itself of unclear etymology).[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /hɔɪk/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - Rhymes: -ɔɪk
Noun
hoik (countable and uncountable, plural hoiks)
Verb
hoik (third-person singular simple present hoiks, present participle hoiking, simple past and past participle hoiked)
- (cricket) To play such a shot.
- (informal, transitive) To lift (a heavy object) carelessly; hoist.
- (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.”
- (New Zealand) To spit.
References
- ^ “hoick, v.1.”, in OED Online
, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, 28 July 2019.
Anagrams
Ludian
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *hoikka. Akin to Finnish hoikka.
Adjective
hoik
Veps
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *hoikka. Related to Finnish hoikka.
Adjective
hoik
Inflection
| Inflection of hoik (inflection type 6/kuva) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative sing. | hoik | ||
| genitive sing. | hoikan | ||
| partitive sing. | hoikad | ||
| partitive plur. | hoikid | ||
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | hoik | hoikad | |
| accusative | hoikan | hoikad | |
| genitive | hoikan | hoikiden | |
| partitive | hoikad | hoikid | |
| essive-instructive | hoikan | hoikin | |
| translative | hoikaks | hoikikš | |
| inessive | hoikas | hoikiš | |
| elative | hoikaspäi | hoikišpäi | |
| illative | hoikaha | hoikihe | |
| adessive | hoikal | hoikil | |
| ablative | hoikalpäi | hoikilpäi | |
| allative | hoikale | hoikile | |
| abessive | hoikata | hoikita | |
| comitative | hoikanke | hoikidenke | |
| prolative | hoikadme | hoikidme | |
| approximative I | hoikanno | hoikidenno | |
| approximative II | hoikannoks | hoikidennoks | |
| egressive | hoikannopäi | hoikidennopäi | |
| terminative I | hoikahasai | hoikihesai | |
| terminative II | hoikalesai | hoikilesai | |
| terminative III | hoikassai | — | |
| additive I | hoikahapäi | hoikihepäi | |
| additive II | hoikalepäi | hoikilepäi | |