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hoicks

hoicks is the third-person singular simple present indicative of hoick.

hoicks is the alternative form of yoicks.

Meaning of yoicks

Interjection

  1. A hunting cry used to urge hounds after a fox or other quarry.

Origin of hoicks

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Questions about hoicks

What is hoicks the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Hoicks is the third-person singular simple present indicative of hoick.

Words near hoicks in the dictionary

  1. hoiamide
  2. hoiamides
  3. hoick
  4. hoicked
  5. hoicking
  6. hoicks
  7. hoid
  8. hoida
  9. Hoidal
  10. hoiden
  11. hoidened

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Adapted from Wiktionary: hoicks (page history and authors); yoicks (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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