noun, verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   The process of gathering mucous and phlegm in the mouth and spitting it out. uncountable

   "The air was all smell – curry-stuff, durian, fish and flesh – and the noise was of hoicking and chaffering."

Verb

1. 1
   present participle and gerund of hoick form-of, gerund, participle, present

Synonyms

All synonyms

ascendboostbuoy upcast upclimbelevate

Example

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"The air was all smell – curry-stuff, durian, fish and flesh – and the noise was of hoicking and chaffering."

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