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hoys

hoys is the plural of hoy.

hoys is the third-person singular simple present indicative of hoy.

Meaning of hoy

Noun

hoy (plural hoys)

  1. A small coaster vessel, usually sloop-rigged, used in conveying passengers and goods, or as a tender to larger vessels in port.
    • He sent to Germanie, straunge aid to reare,
      From whence eftsoones arriued here three hoyes
      Of Saxons, whom he for his safetie imployes.1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book II, Canto X”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC

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Noun capitalized: HOYs

HOYs

  1. (plural) plural of HOY

Proper noun capitalized: Hoys

Hoys

  1. (plural) plural of Hoy

Phrases with hoys

Questions about hoys

What is hoys the plural of?
Hoys is the plural of hoy.
What part of speech is hoys?
Hoys can be a noun or a proper noun.

Words near hoys in the dictionary

  1. Hoyles
  2. hoyman
  3. hoymen
  4. Hoyos
  5. Hoyoses
  6. hoys
  7. hoyst
  8. Hoyt
  9. Hoyt boom
  10. Hoyt jib boom
  11. Hoyte

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Adapted from Wiktionary: hoys (page history and authors); HOYs (page history and authors); Hoys (page history and authors); hoy (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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