Hoid vs Hyoid - What's the difference?
hoid | hyoid |
* 1927 , James Stevens, Mattock , A. A. Knopf, page 217,
*:"I've hoid of dat state. It's whur de Mormons all are...."
* 1956 , Elmer Rice, Street Scene: A Play in Three Acts , , ISBN 0573615896, Act III, page 117,
*:"Why, ain't you hoid ? He was last seen, flyin' over Nova Scotia, on his way to Paris."
* 1997 , Spider Robinson, Callahan's Legacy , Tor/Forge, ISBN 0812550358, page 153,
Shaped like a U, or like the letter upsilon; specifically, designating a bone or group of bones supporting the tongue.
* 1969': The '''hyoid bone in her throat flutters as if discharging some subvocal rosary. — JG Ballard, ''The Atrocity Exhibition
The hyoid bone.
* 1973': the vulture, relinquishing its title, surely in natural justice gave me a right to this femur, this curiously distorted '''hyoid ? — Patrick O'Brian, ''HMS Surprise
As a verb hoid
is eye dialect of from=NYC lang=en.As an adjective hyoid is
shaped like a U, or like the letter upsilon; specifically, designating a bone or group of bones supporting the tongue.As a noun hyoid is
the hyoid bone.hoid
English
Verb
- Tink o' de woist sting you ever hoid of dat de cops found out about.
