hoick
Britishverb
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informal to rise or raise abruptly and sharply
She hoicked her dress above her knees
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informal to clear the throat and spit
Etymology
Origin of hoick
C20: perhaps a variant of hike
Example Sentences
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"They buy it on these online market places and then hoick up the prices but it's devaluing the stuff that is actually handmade," she complained.
From BBC • Dec. 12, 2025
Eventually, Ghulam was able to hoick Joe Root to the mid-wicket boundary, reaching three figures from 192 balls, celebrating with high emotion in the direction of the home dressing room.
From BBC • Oct. 15, 2024
Azarenka can only hoick it back into the middle.
From The Guardian • Jan. 19, 2016
Who really should score the second one, but his weak hoick towards an unguarded net is hacked away by Mikuckis.
From The Guardian • Oct. 12, 2015
Overseers would attend the harvest with large carts, prong the tenth turnip, hoick up the tenth sheaf of wheat, bucket out the tenth gallon of ale, and so forth.
From First and Last by Belloc, Hilaire
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