hoick

British  

/ hɔɪk /

verb

1. informal  to rise or raise abruptly and sharply

   She hoicked her dress above her knees

2. informal  to clear the throat and spit

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Etymology

Origin of hoick

C20: perhaps a variant of hike

Example Sentences

Back-to-back sixes off Agar got him going and he had raced past Vince by the time the partnership was broken, frustration eventually getting the better of the Hampshire man after a quieter period as he tried to hoick Hazlewood over the leg side.

From BBC

But Kabak is preparing to hoick away, too.

From The Guardian

“We’d walk through an abandoned railway, and he’d always say there was a ghost in the tunnel. In the middle of the tunnel, there was a big dip, and when it would rain, he’d hoick my five-year-old brother on to his shoulders and wade through the water to the other side.”

From The Guardian

Sebastián Coates recovered to hoick it off the line.

From The Guardian

But he can’t sort his feet out, and Robertson is on hand to hoick clear.

From The Guardian