yoicks

[ yoiks ]

/ yɔɪks /

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interjection

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

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

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Origin of yoicks

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

Words nearby yoicks

yo-heave-ho, yohimbe, yohimbine, yo-ho, yo-ho-ho, yoicks, yok, yoke, yoked, yokefellow, yoke front

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How to use yoicks in a sentence

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
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
It has been suggested that it is the origin of the familiar yoicks.
The Master of Game|Second Duke of York, Edward
The huntsmen might be heard urging on the dogs with cries of Yoicks!
The Colonial Cavalier|Maud Wilder Goodwin

We'll go out and get what's coming to us from a farmer; and then yoicks!
The Gentle Grafter|O. Henry

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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