Hoyle

[ hoil ]

/ hɔɪl /

noun

Edmond,1672–1769, English authority and writer on card games.

Sir Fred,1915–2001, British astronomer, mathematician, and educator.

Idioms

according to Hoyle, according to the rules or to the authority; correctly.

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Examples from the Web for hoyle

Ironically, in this dispute, the atheist Hoyle was on the side of the pope in seeing a linkage between the Big Bang and God.
Evangelicals Still Don’t Know What to Do With the Big Bang|Karl W. Giberson|March 23, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Hoyle is at work on a new book about counterinsurgency and the U.S. military.
Obama's Afghanistan Surprise|Russ Hoyle|November 19, 2008|DAILY BEAST
But after dinner, David did not send Hoyle off to play the hour with Dorothy.
The Mountain Girl|Payne Erskine
You raised the tariff and I stood for it and it is up to you to make good some of your threats to play ball according to Hoyle.
The Fiction Factory|John Milton Edwards

Bill and I will need it this afternoon, and even if things go according to Hoyle, well be powerful busy.
Dorothy Dixon and the Double Cousin|Dorothy Wayne
The doctor had made an aquarium for Hoyle, using a great glass jar which he obtained from a druggist in Farington.
The Mountain Girl|Payne Erskine
After a short sleep and hurried breakfast, Hoyle took me to a point whence we looked down on a long reach of the river.
Border and Bastille|George A. Lawrence

British Dictionary definitions for hoyle (1 of 2)

Hoyle

/ (hɔɪl) /

noun

an authoritative book of rules for card games

Word Origin for Hoyle

after Edmond Hoyle (1672–1769), English authority on games, its compiler

British Dictionary definitions for hoyle (2 of 2)

Hoyle

/ (hɔɪl) /

noun

Sir Fred. 1915–2001, English astronomer and writer: his books include The Nature of the Universe (1950) and Frontiers of Astronomy (1955), and science-fiction writings

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Word Origin and History for hoyle

Hoyle

cited as a typical authority on card or board games, in reference to Edmond Hoyle (1672-1769), author of several works on card-playing. The surname, according to Bardsley, represents a Northern English dialectal pronunciation of hole. "In Yorks and Lancashire hole is still dialectically hoyle. Any one who lived in a round hollow or pit would be Thomas or Ralph in the Hoyle." ["Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames," London, 1901]

Idioms and Phrases with hoyle

Hoyle

see according to Hoyle.