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hoiking

hoiking is the present participle and gerund of hoik.

Meaning of hoik

Verb

hoik (third-person singular simple present hoiks, present participle hoiking, simple past and past participle hoiked)

  1. To play such a shot.
  2. (informal, transitive) To lift (a heavy object) carelessly; hoist.
  3. (informal, transitive) To 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
  4. (New Zealand) To spit.

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Questions about hoiking

What is hoiking the present participle and gerund of?
Hoiking is the present participle and gerund of hoik.

Words near hoiking in the dictionary

  1. hoiho
  2. hoihos
  3. Hoihow
  4. hoik
  5. hoiked
  6. hoiking
  7. hoiks
  8. hoing
  9. hoings
  10. Hoiping
  11. Hoisan

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