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hoick
verb- to spit AUSTRALIA, 1941
- He was hoeing into his Big Charlie [bubblegum] an inch at a time, giving it a good 25 crunches on either side of the mouth, blowing a bubble and then hoicking. — Paul Vautin, Turn It Up!, p. 22, 1995
- Just fuckin automatic like to hoik up before I spit. — Niall Griffiths, Kelly + Victor, 2002
- to throw or chuck; to loft AUSTRALIA
- Between interstices of traveller palm an oiled wonder-boy was hoicking his board to the water. — Thea Astley, The Acolyte, p. 14, 1972
- I smashed my way to 70-odd in about half a dozen overs and when I got served a short one I hoicked it away high over mid wicket. — Paul Vautin, Turn It Up!, p. 69, 1995
- to raise, to hoist UK, 1898
Sometimes spelt “hoik”. - They got two planks of wood and turned it into a cross. They tied him on, hoiked it up and left him hanging there. — Andy McNab, Immediate Action, p. 278, 1995
- A woman being pestered by an overswaddled toddler hoicked him up over the barrier and set him down in the men’s area[.] — The Observer, 2 February 2003
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