yoicks

[ yoiks ]

/ yɔɪks /

interjection

Fox Hunting. (used as a cry by the huntsman to encourage the hounds.)

(used as a cry of high spirits or encouragement.)

Words nearby yoicks

yogini, yogurt, yogyakarta, yohimbe, yohimbine, yoicks, yok, yoke, yoke front, yokefellow, yokel

Origin of yoicks

First recorded in 1765–75; compare earlier hoick(s) < ?

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Examples from the Web for yoicks

We'll go out and get what's coming to us from a farmer; and then yoicks!
The Gentle Grafter|O. Henry
The huntsmen might be heard urging on the dogs with cries of Yoicks!
The Colonial Cavalier|Maud Wilder Goodwin
The country gentleman of whom mention has been made also viewed him, and holloa'd as he did so: "Yoicks, tally; gone away!"
Can You Forgive Her?|Anthony Trollope
It seems Yoicks is a cry you give at some other critical juncture in life.
Somewhere in Red Gap|Harry Leon Wilson

With strong effort of self-restraint he stopped himself midway in stentorian shout, "Yoicks!"
Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 104, March 4, 1893|Various

British Dictionary definitions for yoicks

yoicks

/ (haɪk, spelling pron jɔɪks) /

interjection

a cry used by huntsmen to urge on the hounds to the fox

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