Hoik

//hɔɪk// noun, verb, slang

noun, verb, slang ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A wild hook shot played without style. countable
  2. 2
    Sputum. New-Zealand, countable, uncountable
  3. 3
    A contraption that allows rapid teleportation in Terraria, making use of a glitch involving sloped blocks. countable, uncountable
Verb
  1. 1
    To play such a shot.
  2. 2
    To lift (a heavy object) carelessly; hoist. informal, transitive
  3. 3
    To throw something out. informal, transitive

    "“What are your plans now?” “I propose to hoik you out of that chair and seat myself in it and take that book, the early chapters of which I found most gripping, and start catching up with my reading and try to forget.”"

  4. 4
    To spit. New-Zealand

Example

More examples

"“What are your plans now?” “I propose to hoik you out of that chair and seat myself in it and take that book, the early chapters of which I found most gripping, and start catching up with my reading and try to forget.”"

Etymology

Possibly originally a form of hike (itself of unclear etymology).

Related phrases

throw out

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