Meanings
plural hoiks · alternative hoick
- New ZealandcountableuncountableSputum.
- countableuncountablegamesA contraption that allows rapid teleportation in Terraria, making use of a glitch involving sloped blocks.First known use late 2013
present singular third person hoiks · participle present hoiking · participle past hoiked · past hoiked · alternative hoick
- ball gamesTo play such a shot.
- informaltransitiveTo throw something out.
“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.”
1960, P. G. Wodehouse, Jeeves in the Offing, chapter VIII - New ZealandTo spit.
Origin
Possibly originally a form of hike (itself of unclear etymology).
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hoik. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hoik
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