hoik

See also: họ̃́ik

English

Alternative forms

• hoick

Etymology

Possibly originally a form of hike (itself of unclear etymology).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hɔɪk/

• Audio (Southern England):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɔɪk

Noun

hoik (countable and uncountable, plural hoiks)

1. (cricket, countable) A wild hook shot played without style.
2. (New Zealand) Sputum.

Verb

hoik (third-person singular simple present hoiks, present participle hoiking, simple past and past participle hoiked)

1. (cricket) To play such a shot.
2. (informal, transitive) To lift (a heavy object) carelessly; hoist.
3. (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.”

4. (New Zealand) To spit.

Anagrams

• Hiko, hoki, Khoi

Ludian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *hoikka. Akin to Finnish hoikka.

Adjective

hoik

1. thin

Veps

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *hoikka. Related to Finnish hoikka.

Adjective

hoik

1. thin
2. slim, slender
3. high (of the voice)

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

Derived terms

• hoiketa

References

• Zajceva, N. G., Mullonen, M. I. (2007) “слабый, тонкий”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ [New Russian–Veps Dictionary]‎^[1], Petrozavodsk: Periodika