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hoick — UK [hɔɪk] / US verb [transitive] Word forms hoick : present tense I/you/we/they hoick he/she/it hoicks present participle hoicking past tense hoicked past participle hoicked British informal 1) to pull something with a sudden quick movement 2) to … English dictionary
hoick — transitive verb Etymology: probably alteration of 1hike Date: 1898 to move or pull abruptly ; yank < was hoicked out of my job Vincent Sheean > … New Collegiate Dictionary
hoick — [hɔık] v also hoick up [T] BrE informal to lift or pull something up with a sudden movement ▪ She hoicked her skirt up and began to dance … Dictionary of contemporary English
hoick — vb British to spit or to clear the throat and spit. The word is a more echoic version of the standard English hawk . He hoicked over the fence into the garden … Contemporary slang
hoick — verb (T) also hoick up BrE informal to lift or pull something up especially with a sudden movement: She hoicked up her skirt and began to dance … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
