hoik
التعريفات والمعاني
== English ==
=== Alternative forms ===
hoick
=== Etymology ===
Possibly originally a form of hike (itself of unclear etymology).
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /hɔɪk/
Rhymes: -ɔɪk
=== Noun ===
hoik (countable and uncountable, plural hoiks)
(cricket, countable) A wild hook shot played without style.
(New Zealand) Sputum.
(gaming) A contraption that allows rapid teleportation in Terraria, making use of a glitch involving sloped blocks. [late 2013]
=== 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.
(New Zealand) To spit.
=== References ===
=== Anagrams ===
Hiko, hoki, Khoi
== Ludian ==
=== Etymology ===
From Proto-Finnic *hoikka. Akin to Finnish hoikka.
=== Adjective ===
hoik
thin
== Veps ==
=== Etymology ===
From Proto-Finnic *hoikka. Related to Finnish hoikka.
=== Adjective ===
hoik
thin
slim, slender
high (of the voice)
==== Inflection ====
==== 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