Hoik
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /hɔɪk/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Hoik is a noun meaning (cricket, countable) A wild hook shot played without style.
Meaning
(cricket, countable) A wild hook shot played without style.
More Meanings
- (New Zealand) Sputum.
- (gaming) A contraption that allows rapid teleportation in Terraria, making use of a glitch involving sloped blocks.
- (cricket) To play such a shot.
- (informal, transitive) To lift (a heavy object) carelessly; hoist.
- (informal, transitive) To throw something out.
- (New Zealand) To spit.
Example Sentences
“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.”
Word Forms
- hoiks
- hoick
- hoiking
- hoiked
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include hook, hooker, slog, skyhook, hack, slash.
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