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
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
"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
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
India needed to equal their record T20 total to win, but Sciver-Brunt bowled Smriti Mandhana in the first over, with the left-hander, who commanded the biggest fee at last year's Women's Premier League auction, bowled through the gate attempting a leg-side hoick.
From BBC
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
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