hoicking

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noun

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

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Meanings

verb
  1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of hoick
nounhoicking (uncountable)
  1. uncountableThe process of gathering mucous and phlegm in the mouth and spitting it out.

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

    1956, Anthony Burgess, Time for a Tiger (The Malayan Trilogy), published 1972, page 115
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APA

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MLA

“hoicking.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hoicking. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “hoicking,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hoicking.

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