Meaning

2 senses

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

  2. (Australia, Northumbria)To throw.

Origin

Borrowed from Dutch hoi, compare ahoy. Perhaps related to hoick and hoist.

Borrowed from Dutch hoi, compare ahoy.

Perhaps related to hoick and hoist.

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Forms

hoys, hoying, hoyed, hoyed
Base formhoy · to hoy
3rd person singularhoys
Present participlehoying
Past simplehoyed
Past participlehoyed

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyhoy
he, she, ithoys

Past simpleLesson

all personshoyed

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave hoyed
he, she, ithas hoyed

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill hoy

Synonyms

39 synonyms
castB2chunkB2cookA1dashB2dumpB1launchB1pegB2pickA1pitchB2projectB2shyA1slightB1skewC2thrillB2

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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