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hoy
1[ hoi ]
noun
- a heavy barge used in harbors.
- a vessel of the 17th and 18th centuries, usually slooprigged, used for fishing and coastal trading.
hoy
2[ hoi ]
interjection
- (used as an exclamation to attract attention.)
noun
- a shout or hail.
hoy
1/ hɔɪ /
interjection
- a cry used to attract attention or drive animals
hoy
2/ hɔɪ /
noun
- a freight barge
- a coastal fishing and trading vessel, usually sloop-rigged, used during the 17th and 18th centuries
Word History and Origins
Origin of hoy1
Word History and Origins
Origin of hoy1
Origin of hoy2
Example Sentences
Gloria thinks the fact that Hoy and his crew have signed onto the recall effort is significant.
Chris Hoy won gold in the Keirin and Laura Trott in the Omnium.
“I was quite scared but also happy because at least I knew I had a chance to stay alive,” she recently told La Crónica de Hoy.
A similar circumstance has occurred on the seashore at Hoy Lake, Cheshire, where several "fairy pipes" have been found.
So we had a dish of mackerell and pease, and so he bid us good night, going to lie on board the hoy, and I to bed.
A un paraje que hoy es la mision del Santo nombre de Jesus.'
Born in the age of the coach and the hoy, they would die in the era of the locomotive and mail steamer.
What they call a hobbe-de-hoy will suit for his name sooner than any other that I know on.
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