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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

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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

But Kabak is preparing to hoick away, too.

From The Guardian • Feb. 13, 2021

GMT15:22 35 min: Begovic, with the ball at his feet, looks to hoick clear.

From The Guardian • Nov. 16, 2015

If they have hit off the scent.—Forrid, hoick!

From A New Illustrated Edition of J. S. Rarey's Art of Taming Horses With the Substance of the Lectures at the Round House, and Additional Chapters on Horsemanship and Hunting, for the Young and Timid by Rarey, J. S. (John Solomon)

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