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Hoxed vs Hoved - What's the difference?

hoxed | hoved |

As verbs the difference between hoxed and hoved

is that hoxed is (hox) while hoved is (nonstandard).

hoxed

English

Verb

(head)
  • (hox)

    • hox

    English

    Etymology 1

    Abbreviation

    (Abbreviation) (head)
  • (genetics) homeobox
    • Derived terms
    * hox gene

    Etymology 2

    Verb

  • (obsolete) To hock; to hamstring.
    • (Shakespeare)
    (Webster 1913)

    hoved

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (nonstandard)
  • * 2009, Liz Hunt, The Daily Telegraph, 18 Aug, "The Material Girl lives up to her name":
    • So how the hearts of the paps must have leapt as Madonna plus children – and lover Jesus – hoved into view off the coast of Italy this week.
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